Yes, it is true, the Manolo has been absent these past few weeks. But, in his favor, he has the valid excuse, with which he will not tire you (although it involves travel, illness, and the death of the close relative), in the stead, the Manolo to say the few words about the new year.

Ayyyy! It is already 2012! You will need shoes that will look good during the Mayan calendar stone apocalypse, in which case allow the Manolo to recommend…

Gael Strappy Sandals from the Jimmy Choo.

The various news of the weekend is worthy of celebration, and what better way to do so than with the stunningly beautiful Jimmy Choo suede and crystal strappy sandals?

Perfect for dancing the night away!

Dear Manolo,

Here in D.C., the past month has been one round of blizzard after the next, and frankly, I’m sick and tired of winter. Can you recommend something beautiful to cheer me up?

Cathy

Manolo says, remember all the way back to the last winter, when we had the so-called Snowpocalypse Blizzard of 2010, which paralyzed the Mid-Atlantic region with thirty-feet of drifting snow and temperatures in the mid-to-low minus 80s?

Ha!

That was just the playful little amuse-bouche for this winter, which has turned out to be the multi-course succession of blizzards, like the crazy Thanksgiving entré, the buffhogoatpeaturducken, which is the quail stuffed inside the chicken, stuffed inside the duck, stuffed inside the turkey, stuffed inside the peacock, stuffed inside the goat, stuffed inside the wild boar, stuffed inside the water buffalo which is then roasted over the roaring garbage fire, which you have started in the courtyard of your apartment building because the power has failed yet again.

And from the looks of things, Old Man Winter has decided to (Bam!) kick it up the notch by wrapping the water buffalo into the carcass of the wooly mammoth, which thanks to the New Ice Age, can now be taken by skillful hunters in Dupont Circle.

Here is the Opulence Caged Sandal from Jimmy Choo! So delicate, so beautiful, so spring like. And, look, they cost less than the tusks you have just harvested!

But then that is what you get for being the fan of professional football…the months’ long build up of excitement and hopefulness, ended by the bitter disappointment of being tossed from the playoffs just before the Bowl of Superness.

Unless, of the course, it is your team that has won, in which case, it is exaltation and joy and wedges of plastic cheese to wear upon your thick noggin, or perhaps the tacky towel of terribleness to frantically wave as if you were signaling the rescue plane.

But, no, your team is not to be counted among the potential champions this season, meaning that this day, today, not last Monday, is indisputably the saddest day of the year.

What is needed now to ease the pain are shoes, beautiful shoes such as these…

The Jimmy Choo Cutout Suede Ankle Boot, the sort of boot that could make the person forget all about the stout men in tight pants who play silly games with prolate spheroids.

Manolo says, it is Tuesday, in January, and the news of the world is depressing!

We need shoes! Beautiful shoes such as these absolutely gorgeous Marine be-jeweled ankle-wrap sandals from Jimmy Choo.

Why are these shoes called “Marine”? The Manolo does not know. Perhaps there is the small anchor and globe together with the words “semper fidelis” engraved on the sole.

Manolo says, say it very slowly with the Manolo… Jimmy. Choo. Nova. Glitter-Covered. Peep-Toe. Pumps.

What more needs be said?

Bedazzled!

Finally, two great tastes that go together like chocolate and lutefisk! Lime jello and the iron filings! Broken glass and bubble bath!

All of this can be yours for the low, low, price of only…

Celebrate with ridiculously leopardy boots from the Jimmy Choo!

School days, school days,
Good old Jimmy Choo days.
Readin’ and Writin’ and fashion shoes
All taught to the tune of the leopard boot.

P.S. Yes, it is true, the Manolo has been all about the big cats for the past few weeks, but few of the previous examples he has cited have been as super fantastic as this.

“Calloo, Callay,” you chortle in your joy, for you have slain the Jabber Boss!

Celebrate with beautiful shoes!

And so you surf on over to the Saks Fifth Ave to view the new arrivals, which you know to be always filled with the most exciting new shoes from the hoity-toity designers.

But, after the few minutes of looking you are depressed.

You are depressed because, while these expensive shoes are beautiful and exciting, they are also undeniably autumnal, in somber tones of black and brown, which depresses you because you are reminded that your life of freedom from work is fleeting, and that in the mere two weeks, as the fall approaches, you will return to the office, like the small child to the much despised school room.

Sigh.

And now, your vacation will have the slight tang of bitter ashes, all of your frolics tainted by the knowledge of what awaits at the end.

Wait…what is this?

It is the Jimmy Choo Glacier Mirror Leather Sandals, the beautifully elegant pair of evening sandals, perfect for wearing to those the sultry, evening soirees!

And suddenly, perhaps you are not so sad, for you have rememberd that it is the hardships of life that make its pleasures so much the sweeter…Or, so you will tell yourself as you count the days until the end of your vacation.

Oddly, this morning you are bright and sunny and full of cheer, happy to be out of your house and back at your job. You say, “oddly”, but in reality, it is not so “oddly”. You are happy to be back at the desk because your sister-in-law and her brood have been visiting for the past week, and frankly you need the break.

It is not that your in-laws are the bad people, for indeed, taken in the small doses, your husband’s sister Kristin and her husband Ryan, and their three kids, Wednesday, Pugsly, and Prince Michael III, are the delightfully quirky and amusing peoples.

Unfortunately, by the fourth day, some of their oddball charm had begun to wear off, as you realize that you have become the slave to their ravenous hunger for clean towels and home-cooked meals.

But, let us not go there. Let us in the stead celebrate the joys of family! Let us remember that we have often been guests at their house, enjoying their towels and the contents of their refrigerator. Let us also remember that their flight home leaves early tomorrow morning!

Look! Beautiful shoes to make the time between now and that happy minute fly like the wind…

It is the Jimmy Choo Patent Leather Sandal, simple, sexy and fun.