Save the Shoepers

Its taken me a while to write this post. It is a bit sensitive yet scary in nature, in that, it makes every blogger wary of predators out there just waiting to pounce and piggyback ride on the hardwork of others.
It is about the situation that the shoepers, that is,shoeperwoman, shoeperman and shoeperdogwolf are going through at the moment. There is a woman out there (Laura Blake) has copied the name shoeperwoman for her own blog and website on which she sells shoes. Seeing as the original shoeperwoman blogs about shoes, and Laura Blake sells shoes, there would be considerable confusion, something that Laura doesn't seem to mind. Who can blame her? Shoeperwoman and the shoperteam have spent the better part of 2 years growing and perfecting their blog and brand and have built a large community arround it, which Laura will benefit from just by copying the name (which she admitted to knowing, existed, prior to her deciding to use it anyway!).
Support shoeperwoman and the shopers by blogging, facebooking, twittering and just basically making enough noise to ensure that they win the right to the trademark of their name.
Good luck Shoeperwoman

Shoeper Shoe Challenge

I am a regular reader of shoeperwoman.com and followed her shoe challenge throughout 2010. Now for 2011 she will include readers. Basically all you do is declare how many pairs of shoes you have, and try and wear them all by the same time next year. This must (for those taking part officially) be proven by a picture you take wearing the shoes. It is a nice way of allowing you to enjoy all of your shoes rather than just rotating the same few over and over again, while the rest stay hidden and neglected. So, I have decided to enter this challenge starting with 14 pairs of shoes. Hopefully I can buy only shoes that I will actually wear. It will be lots of fun so please join. Here is where you sign up.