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Mules and Not Like in Donkeys

I like to keep up on the latest trends even if I don't follow or agree with them. I think personal style should be about an individual playing up their strengths and enjoying expressing themselves and their feelings. With that said, I feel more than comfortable in expressing my negative feelings toward the following spring shoe trend--Mules!


Yep, that's right Mules are back in vogue this spring and I for one am quite glad my Year of No Shopping has saved me from even thinking about attempting to try them out. Whenever I see a pair of mules I think about the '90's when clogs came back around and I was upset at my mother for not keeping more of her clothes and accessories from the 1970's.  This pair in particular is cringe-worthy:


I don't mean to be a hater (as the kids say) in fact there are some pairs of mules that have caught my eye. For example:


Now these are fierce and I highly appreciate a fierce and ferocious shoe. But, in the real world this is WAY out of my budget AND I would probably kill myself walking around in them.  And there's the rub for my disregard of this trend. Mules and clogs are UNCOMFORTABLE! Remember the Candies revival of the '90's? Well if you don't, I do and I bought a pair of those wood-soled clogs and they jacked my feet up beyond belief. After spending the summer trying to be on trend I spent the fall in men's combat boots. So, the lesson here is no matter how fierce, chic, of-the-moment, or all-the-rage a trend may be if it leads to a season of recovery best let it live in the pages of the fashion rags and on the runway. 

That is all, carry on...


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