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Too Much Shopping? Zappos Will Shut Down a Shoe Addiction for 50k.

Know a person with a shoe shopping problem? On this must read page for a bit of daily amusement, you will see that you can now pay Zappos $50,000 to permanently disable your significant other’s account. The deal also comes with a T-shirt and few other nifty bonuses, such as a personal representative to break the news and provide a shoulder to cry on for one hour. Additional time is available at $3.99/minute.

Too bad I don’t have an affilliate link for this one! LOL!

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Fashion Friday: Jimmy Choo for H&M!

This is sure to be a blockbuster. Can we get in line now? Jimmy Choo is teaming up with H&M. Slated for November 14, 2009, the line will include shoes, bags and women’s clothing.

Footwear will be in the $99 to $129 price bracket with perhaps a few more expensive items. Ballet flats will run in the $59 range. Handbags will run from $59 to $299. The news so far is that markets will be limited and the stores have not yet been announced.

There might be women fighting in the aisles over this one!

Pictured: Singer Anastacia with a Jimmy Choo bag.

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Fitness/Fashion Friday: New Metallic FitFlops

I have yet to personally try Fit Flops, so I can’t vouch for how well they actually work, but I do like the idea of them. These Flip Flop sandals are designed to work your leg muscles while you walk in them, hence the “Fit” in FitFlop.

Here is the company’s info on them:

Biomechanically designed with a midsole that extends the amount of time slow twitch muscles – which convert fat to energy – are engaged during each step, wearing FitFlops literally help you tone and trim with every step you take. In addition to obvious beauty benefits, FitFlop has also been heralded as a medical miracle by hundreds of wearers claiming relief from problems ranging from plantar fasciitis and heel spurs to chronic back pain and sciatica (just to name a few).

I may have to actually try a pair at some point just to see if they help my foot pains from running.

Now there are new metallic shades available such as the FitFlop “Electra” Sandal. FitFlops run between $50 and $60 and are available at Macy’s.

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Shoes With Storage: Reef Stash Flip Flops.

A friend pointed these out to me. Are you an outdoorsy woman? Need some comfortable shoes to shop in that you can also use to carry your credit card? Want to easily carry and hide an extra key at the beach? Check out Reef Stash Flip Flops. The shoes have a storage compartment in the sole. At $46 for a pair, they are a bit pricey, but it is an interesting concept!

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Tokidoki for Fornarina Update

Tokidoki shoes are starting to show up in limited stores. There are reports that the LA Fornarina store got a shipment of the sneakers last week and should get the slides in another week or so. The Tokidokiblog also has some information. As of today, there were also a couple of pairs of the sneakers on ebay (search for tokidoki fornarina).

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Cosmetic Foot Surgery: High Heel Injections and (gulp) Amputations.

The Chicago Fox News ran a report the other night about “high heel injections,” which involves injecting collagen into the balls of the feet in order to make wearing thin soled, high heel shoes more comfortable. The video came complete with graphic shots of needles entering feet, which I really don’t recommend watching while suffering from a migraine. It also drew some “ewwws” and “icks” from my boyfriend.

I became curious about it and checked into it more today. I was rather surprised at what I found. Not only are some women injecting their feet, but some are amputating parts of their toes in order to wear, or improve the toe cleavage on, pointy toe shoes such as those from Manolo Blahnik or Jimmy Choo. The New York Times initially reported on it and I found some in depth commentary on both procedures at an interesting web site devoted to the wearing of high heels: 2heels.com.

Now I am fairly vain, and I am willing to bet that cosmetic procedures are in my future. But cosmetic foot surgery involving partial amputations???? I’m just not seeing that! The injection idea, while not for me, is somewhat interesting, but I cannot imagine amputating body parts just to be able to wear a certain shoe. Do people who have had this done admit to it? It seems outside of the realm of general social (and likely medical) acceptance to me, but perhaps I am just naive?

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Tokidoki for Fornarina

Tokidoki will be releasing a line of shoes for Fornarina this spring to be sold in the United States and Europe. Locations and release date have not yet been announced.

The line includes the shoe pictured here in 5 different colors and a tennis shoe in five colors. See the Tokidoki link above for pictures.

I don’t know that these are something I would wear much. But I will get a pair of pink ones simply because they are Tokidoki, they are pink, and they will make a certain (wonderful) guy I know roll his eyes. That alone seems like a good reason to buy a pair!

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