I've always found leopard print clothing rather vulgar. I'm not too sure what it is about it, but it just  spells out T-A-C-K-Y to me. Big time.

I generally take the piss out of leopard print clothing, much to the delight of my best friend, with whom I  have an anti-leopard print joke running. It's more so the brown/gold leopard print that I hate, but lately,  I've been tempted by some pieces.

And today, I broke the leopard print taboo. I gave in to temptation and brought a cute undergarment.  But I didn't give myself wholly over to the leopard print. Oh no. I picked the white and black version.  What's the difference, I here you ask, well there's a huge difference.

We all know how timeless black and white are together. There's something classical about the stark  contrast. And so I told myself, "It's okay Danielle,  you're not completely going to the dark side, just this  once you can have this. Just this once. And it's not like it's going to see the light of day. Your secret is  safe."

Caution was thrown to the wind, and my new purchase now sits comfortably in a drawer awaiting it's  debut.

It's funny how something you've hated for so long, can suddenly grow on you, from out of nowhere you're hit with this thought that for once, it isn't that bad.

I think I'll applaud myself in welcoming a bit of change. *gives a standing ovation to self*

So tell me my fellow wonderful Xangan's, what's something you have hated and then suddenly embraced?

Big socks!

Oh yeah. I did just say that. And what? That's how I roll.

Unfortunately for me, I do have big feet. That does indeed mean big socks, but it also means I generally fit some sweet mens shoes that my other smaller footed female counterparts cannot. Suck on that ladies!

It also means that when I'm getting my new uniform at work, I'm limited to what I can get in the way of womens shoes. Curse these size 11us paddles.

Luckily for me, I'm being hooked up with a sweet pair of Delta High Lite's this time around.

Working at a Nike store = freaking amazing!

I fear I've been turned to the sneaker side. The manager who I work with all the time is a crazy sneaker head and it's rubbing off on me really bad. I'm considering signing myself up to NikeTalk. My introductory course has been going smoothly, memorising all the acronyms is a toughie. I'm pretty sure I'll get hard out into it, but probably not in a die-hard-must-collect-all-the-OG-shoes-ever-created-that-I-drool-over way.

My current obsession is the Air Jordan One, in the black and white colourway. They're utterly amazing. I have to have them. Now.. Unfortunately you can't get them in little old NZ. There was a release of the Bulls/Celtics pack last Saturday, but I couldn't justify the $460 for two pairs I won't be completely happy with. 

I guess I'll just have to fantasise for a while until I can get my mits on a pair. Le sigh.

Heads up to any sneaker heads in NZ, the Air Jordan 3 True Blue is out on the 8th of August. Hit up the Platinum stores in CHCH, Welly and Aux, first in first served!