Put cats in the coffee, and mice in the tea - And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three!

I've lusted after these shoes from Demonia for a long time, and hope one day soon to retire my good ol' AP Tea Parties which are in a very battered and sorry state as you can see! The sole is coming off. the ankle straps broke a long time ago and the inside sole is now just a slippery mess, but they've served me very well, I've worn them almost every day since January 2010 which is certainly asking an awful lot of a shoe and so I can't fault them!

I believe this model from Demonia is called "Dolly" and stylistically they're absolutely perfect and just how I imagined in my head. I do however have a problem with the comfort, in that it just doesn't exist >< My toes just reach the end of the shoe which if anything proves that I could probably do with a larger size, but then there's just too much room inside the shoes everywhere else so I have to fasten the straps quite tightly to get the shoes to stay in place on my foot. And so because of this a lot of pressure is put on the bones on top of my feet which hurts a lot. I'm going to try a padded insole to see if this helps the problem at all, but if you have any tips I'd be most interested to hear them!

I also scored this necklace from eBay. I've been a fan of Tarina Tarantino for a long time, and her Alice related pieces have obviously always been my favourite! My heart has particularly always been set on owning a piece from the "Queen Alice" range as QueenAlice has been my online handle for a long long time and it just seemed so perfect. I found this gem being sold at an end-of-line discount and managed to scoop it up for only £25 (usually £60) ♥ It's even more beautiful in person than a camera can capture and I've barely taken it off since it arrived.