Shoez, baby!

So my mum took me back to Tampere on Monday. The first thing we went to Sara Hildén, but after that we hit the shops. Oh and first we ate STRAWBERRIES!!!! They were surprisingly sweet, and not even that expensive!

In particular we looked at shoes, because it's much easier for me to find good shoes when mum is onboard. I also bought these shorts - they kinda remind of the Joker. I've been wearing them every day with burgundi tights and a rose colour jacket. I didn't intend to colour-coordinate, the clothes just happen to match.
Could the image be any bigger? I got it from the H&M website, the number 1 choice of clothes shopping for all non-ethical, colour-loving people. Since I love my Adidas summer shoes made by cute little Chinese children who got no money from it, why couldn't I love whatever comes out from H&M sweatshops around the world?

Anyway, mum also brought some ridiculous looking clothes in the dressing room for me to try on, so she could have a laugh. You wouldn't believe she turned sixty.

The shoes I bought are completely ethically made. (In fact I simply don't know if they are or aren't.) These only cost 10€ at Halonen:

I'm going to use them in the summer when it's hot and I just want to quickly slip some shoes on. The colour is like electric blue, with a slight tinge of something I can't pinpoint.

These are my Mary Poppins shoes.

The picture sucks, but I love them. Really cute. The heel may look impressive, but they're actually very comfortable, even with my injured foot - I don't have to limp! I just need to be careful what I'm going to wear with them. I might go crazy with colours in my clothes sometimes, but I don't want to look like a clown. Not REALLY, just secretly.

Sometimes I think so many people are just colour-challenged. What's wrong with wearing bright red and green together? Yellow and purple? Orange and blue? Why couldn't you wear a hundred different colours at the same time? There are so few colours that don't go together, in my humble opinion.

Muskulösa flickor.

I visited my parents with my big brother for a change. My mum had a good excuse to bake pies again.

It was really nice because my mum was so happy, and even my dad behaved himself! Mum has been on part-time retirement for a while now, and she has been so much more relaxed and happy ever since. I'm happy for her.

As for my dad, I usually have a hard time getting along with him. There's something about him that rubs me the wrong way. But I suppose he's more relaxed and happy now too since he's been exercising so much lately. He still has trouble losing weight, but in my book, exercise is all that really matters because it makes you happy. We even did some crossword puzzles together and we didn't snipe at each other once! A miracle!

I was also pleased that my big brother noticed how my muscles have grown a little. Then me and mum compared whose bicep is bigger.

Our family sounds kind of weird now. But we're all like this, we have an appreciation for muscles. We don't strive to be skinny, we want to be strong and bulky. I truly enjoy discussing human physiology with my big brother, who used to be very serious about body building and who also studies medicine.

He still thinks weight training is the best form of exercise. He doesn't understand what I mean when I say how I couldn't give up jogging or aerobics, or any cardio activities for that matter. Different forms of exercise give different kinds of pleasure. I feel different after jogging as compared to after aerobics, or weight training. Always good, but always different.

I'm pleased that the streets are dry again, and I intend to start jogging more now that I'm feeling healthy again. The problem is, I noticed how my new winter running shoes have much, much better padding than my 2-year-old summer running shoes. I know that you're supposed to buy new running shoes at least every other year if you run a lot, but... they cost so much! I just bought new shoes on Christmas, and I should buy new ones again?!

I hate using money on expensive things. I can handle spending 20€ a week on food, and 195€ on the latest electricity bill (no kidding!!), but when it comes to something that technically isn't absolutely necessary, I hate it.