High Heels and The Turtles

As a sorority alumnae (TriDelta, represent) I've worn my fair share of high heels. Chapter meetings, brunches, formals, etc., all require fancy footwear, and assuming I don't have to stand for a million hours, I love wearing them. But I live in Alaska now and you are far more likely to see me in these.

While XtraTufs are far more comfortable, they aren't nearly as cute as these...

Things I like about high heels:

1. They automatically make your legs look fabulous.
2. They make you taller. At 5"4' sometimes I like to feel a little taller.
3. Heels + pencil skirt = sexy without trying
4. They are a little bit dangerous: step wrong and you've got a sprained ankle, wear them with the wrong skirt and you look like a hooker.
5. Nobody messes with a girl in heels

There is one reason I love Elenore by The Turtles: the line, "You're my pride and joy, et cetera." What other band successfully uses et cetera in a song lyric? You'd be hard pressed to find one. I had never seen The Turtles before I went looking for a video. I love that they look like used car salesman and that they have a very enthusiastic tambourine player. The Turtles are probably most famous for their song Happy Together but I like Elenore much better.

I love that The Turtles don't take themselves too seriously. They definitely could have; Happy Together knocked The Beatles' Penny Lane out of the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but they really just seem to be having a good time. (But I guess if one of your lead singers looks like this and occasionally calls himself "The Phlorescent Leech" you probably wouldn't take yourselves too seriously)