When I read fashion blogs that tell/claim/show personally owned items, or complete outfits, with crazy-expensive, IT designer names—I’m shocked with envy and a little disgusted with boasting such a lifestyle both to the poor blog readers and in spite of the impoverished state those Haves put society in.

An item here or there is superb; it’s fabulous. But is it still luxury when there’s one piece in every ensemble? Big business and rich greed leave people hungry and cold, and New Money doesn’t know how to take care of it (like celebs with lavish excesses).

Yes, I can’t afford this now, and yes I do hope to someday—but I’m talking a Gucci bag once every few years, some Rebecca Taylor and Nanette Lepore, plenty of items between $100 and $200, and the occasional Marc Jacobs apparel item that I fall in love with.

Yes, my shoe shopping budget will upgrade to above $100, but that will be about quality. I really want to be comfortably and fabulously wealthy, but I don’t want to saturate my blog with such snobbitude—I want to remain a normal girl.

I just want to put it out there, now, that I plan to always look out for those without the means, even while now I still can’t seem to understanding forcing myself to live in mine.

(And maybe someday I can wear/carry more of the items I blog about on High Fashion High.)

Shoe fans who didn’t catch 60 Minutes last night can check out Andy Rooney complaining about shoes (that don’t fit) in a video clip or read the text in print.

You see people walking along the street all the time, and you know darn well they’re wearing shoes that don’t fit.

No one has two feet that are exactly the same, either, but when you buy a pair of shoes, they’re both the same. Seems wrong. …

The shoe business must be good anyway though, because we all buy more shoes than we wear. We keep looking for that perfect pair. Our closets runneth over with shoes. I must have 20 pairs of shoes I don’t wear, but they cost so much, I can’t stand to throw them out.

That cranky man always has pithy and humorous points … but I still love shoes.

Bonus: for fabulous living (with the best eating), you must check out the interview with the owner of Whole Foods Market.

I’ve started polls here. Hopefully they’ll be successful. They can lead to post ideas or just interesting discoveries.

They will be placed on the left sidebar below the image banner ad (from Glam).

The first poll is:

Which High Heel Width is Best?

* Thin & Sleek (stiletto and the like)
* Thick & Sturdy (the practical)
* Medium & Trendy (like with the current platform trend [not your 70s or 90s platform, though])
* Sculpted Wedge (rarer)
* Standard Wedge (thicker & more shapeless)

Please leave your comments on the poll on this post!