Matching Metallic Oxfords

Oh, it is a little hard to tell in that photo, isn’t it? I have the shoes in silver. And Eleanor’s are silvery pink.

Yes, “c/o” means “courtesy of”. It’s pretty standard among fashion bloggers to denote gifts this way, so I was borrowing from their terminology.

I don’t think that I should have to explain why I put a post up, but since you’re questioning my motives and my integrity, and claiming a lack of transparency, here’s further explanation.

I originally wrote about these shoes here because I liked them and they were a cute match for Eleanor’s fall shoes. Someone at Fossil (who has a baby girl and is looking forward to the day that she can be twinsies with her too) reads my blog, and wrote to me offering to send me a pair. I liked the shoes (obviously, since I wrote about them) and had considered purchasing them, so I took her up on the offer. I’ve had them for a few weeks and I like them, but I hadn’t planned on a specific post to feature them. Then when I was dancing in the kitchen with Eleanor (and August too), I took this picture and thought it was cute, so I wanted to share it. Because any time I post something people ask “where did you get ___?”, I credited the outfit, and since I was crediting the outfit, I posted the shoes as “c/o” to let people know that the shoes were a gift from the company (transparency). The post wasn’t intended as an advertisement, nor was it (or the first mention of the shoes) required in any way. It is indeed just a snapshot of my life, which is why the crediting information is in small print — it wasn’t the focus.