I'm sorta obsessed with shoes. I know, I claim to care so much about the environment and sustainability, yet I horde shoes. I'll admit it - I'm a hypocrite! But I've come to terms with it. At least I'm not this bad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCF3ywukQYA
Anyway, I went to Scapegoat to meet with Sam about my tattoo (Aug. 11 is the big day!), then I couldn't resist standing for an hour on the Hawthorne Bridge watching the Red Bull Flugtag, then I walked to the MAX, but on the way found myself in the shoe section of the Nordstrom Rack (how'd that happen?!?).
If you have ever been to the Rack, you know how frustrating it can be. The shoes are all shoes that didn't sell at Nordstrom (overstock, last season, etc.), and are marked down substantially. You find the area with your size, and quickly try on any shoe that looks interesting (someone else might snatch it first!), bonus if it has a 35% or 50% off sticker on it. If it's a keeper, you have to go find it's mate at a counter in the back of the store. Sometimes they can't find the mate and it's a very sad occasion. Now consider all this, but add veganism into the equation! For about every 20 shoes you pick up, 19 with be leather. But there's that 1! My fabulous find today:
Now, in general I'm not a fan of Jessica Simpson... but I do tend to gravitate towards her shoe line when I'm at the Rack. Every single pair I've ever picked up has been leather, and I was almost to the point of ignoring any J.S. shoe that I saw. Thank goddess I am full of so much hope, because these were a fabulous find! The regular price was $79.95, but they were marked all the way down to the low price of............ wait for it............ drum roll please...................... $15.71! How can any girl say no to that?
OMG, shoes
So, what did I ever do with all that Farmer's Market produce? I ate it!
Bruschetta with heirloom tomatoes, basil, garlic, and onion
Spaghetti with roasted red pepper marinara, sauteed zucchini, squash, and criminis, topped with nooch and walnuts
Fajita veggies: summer squash and zucchini, criminis, red and poblano pepper, and tofu cookin' up in enchilada sauce
For the fajitas, I warmed up some refried beans, cooked some quinoa (I just discovered the red kind and it is even nuttier!), made some guacamole, got out the Tofutti Sour Supreme, and somehow loaded it all into corn tortillas. I didn't get a pic of all that because I ate it too damn fast! Sorry! Oh, and here's a pic of what I did while I was waiting for it to cook:
Whiskey Raspberry Lemonade
Ahhhhhh, summer in Portland.
J-41 Seville, cute and shiny!
Not as sporty as I was expecting (yay!)
J-41 Palm Vegan, make my feet look big, but they are! So that's ok :)
Seitan blobs on the stove forever! I got bored so...
I took a picture of my new shoes. Cute, huh? $6 at Ross!
And I needed a drink with all that waiting! Vodka, natural soda, and canned berries are a good combo! :)
Still simmering... time for a Cookie photo shoot!
She loves the camera!
Mmm mmmmmm!
Specifically, the vegan ones? There's a pair in my size pretty cheap that I'm really tempted to get... the vegan felt Danskos were only made for a short while and are no longer manufactured. However, after Dansko recently ended their partnership with Sanita, who has always been the maker of their clogs, Sanita started selling their clogs directly to customers while Dansko is having their clogs made in China. Sanita now has one vegan clog as far as I can tell, which is really cute but too new to come down in price :) 
