W2WW Around Town - Moxie now carrying clothing!

The kids were back in school for all of 3 hours and where was I?  Moxie, a fabulous shoe store in Wellesley (with location in Boston's Beacon Hill also).

Image from moxieboston.com.

I was really on a mission to pick up some more Foot Petals and found myself browsing as I walked past the shoes.  I looked up to the back of the store and noticed silk blouses, dresses, and some really cool jeans.  Was I still in Moxie?

Turns out that Moxie, in the Wellesley location only, is now carrying a couple of clothing lines like Rebecca Minkoff, Charlie Jade (New York designer with well-priced items), Chan Luu, Amanda Uprichard, Sold Jeans, and Yumi Kim (with C&C California basics coming soon).  They had a lovely array of silk blouses, dresses, and tunics that would be great transition pieces for fall!  

Images from Jennifer Houston.

Their new tagline says it all: 'Dressing you from the ground up'.  And for our readers, Kristen, manager of the Wellesley store, gave me some coupons for 20% off of one clothing item from Moxie!  The first 5 readers to leave comments on this post (with your email address so we can contact you) are the lucky recipients; we'll mail the coupon to you.  Happy back-to-school & shopping! ~ JH

...the shoes you love are just slightly too big.

At my monthly book club/dinner last Sunday evening (more dinner than book discussion), a friend asked me what to do about a pair of shoes she had just ordered.  She loved a pair of Tory Burch wedges she had purchased this past fall, and found a version of them for spring, the Amanda demi-wedge in orange, that she HAD to have.

Image from toryburch.com.

They were a bit steep for her at the original price of $275, so my friend waited and watched.  Then, BINGO.  On sale!  $192.50.  Only one problem:  they were out of her size.  So she ordered them a 1/2 size larger and crossed her fingers.

They arrived and she tried them on.  There were slightly big.  Big enough for her husband to tell her to return them.  But we know, when it's a shoe you really, really want, you have to make it work.

So, at book club, she asked for my advice.  Should she send them back?  Keep them?  What to do?  I recommended that she purchase some shoe inserts - Foot Petals.  These are GREAT products and I usually have a couple hanging around just in case.  My favorite are the Tip-Toes ($6.95 for one pair).

Image from footpetals.com.

A pair of these for under the ball of your foot in your shoe gives your feet soft cushions while taking up that extra space in the slightly large shoe.  They have adhesive on one side so they won't slide around in your shoe.

Image from footpetals.com.

Another product by Foot Petals that I love are the Heavenly Heelz ($6.95 for one pair).  These little guys wrap around the inside of the heel of your shoe (also with adhesive), fixing any heel slippage you might have.  And don't be afraid to double-up on them (2 in one shoe) if the situation calls for it.

Images from footpetals.com.

So, after book club at 10:30pm, she drove by my house to pick up a spare pair of shoe cushions and Heavenly Heelz.  And at school pick-up on Monday, she gave me the thumbs up that they worked.  If you find yourself in need, visit Foot Petals or Nordstroms (they carry Foot Petals in the sock department) and make those shoes work. ~ JH