Reply #100: Northern CA

[Catherina]

I'm in San Francisco but it's all over.

Corporate environment and daddy's little girls. I get laughed at at work for wearing the same good shoes over and over again. People actually give me gift cards to expensive shoe stores. It defies their undertstanding that I'm not interested though I admit, I did break down and pay $120 for a pair of $700 high heel Tods pumps that were on sale. They made my feet feel like I was walking on air.

Shoes and purses are big out here unless you're part of the *other* crowd which is where I think most of DU falls. I don't condone it. In fact it upsets me to no end but I see it all around. Keeping up with fashion as comfortably as you can adds up. One year the heels are slim and long, the next they're slim and short, then they're thick and long... You get the drift and the entire collection *needs* to be updated, replaced. Managers at In and Out Burger make $100,000/year out here, imagine what professional women and daddy's little girls have at their disposal to spend on themselves.