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New Series: How Well Do You Know Clarissa?

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OK, folks, I’m tired to the point where I have mild hallucinations and can’t blog about anything intelligent. So I have come up with a new series. In it, I will post questions aimed at discovering how well my readers know me after 3,5 years of blogging. Leave your answers in the comment section. The person who gets the most answers right will be declared a winner and I will do something nice for them that I will invent later on.

Here is the very first question to inaugurate the series: look at the pictures of the shoes and guess which is my absolutely favorite kind ever because it perfectly fits my personality and my sense of style.

A) Classic pumps

pumpsB) High boots

high boots

 

C) Mary Janes

mary janes

 

D) Ballet flats

ballet flats

 

E) Ankle boots

ankle boots

 

F) Stiletto heels

stilettoes

 

G) Espadrilles

espadrilles

Which pair do you associate me with the most?

 

28 responses to “New Series: How Well Do You Know Clarissa?”

  1. FD Avatar
    FD

    I’ll take a gander at it. 😉
    Mary janes – because they are quirky, charming and a little offbeat, oh, and because they are a reasonable compromise between style and comfort.

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  2. Dame Eleanor Hull Avatar
    Dame Eleanor Hull

    The espadrilles! Bright, quirky, fun, would get students talking. I can also see you in the MJs.

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  3. musteryou Avatar
    musteryou

    High boots

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    1. Elizabeth Switaj (@EKSwitaj) Avatar
      Elizabeth Switaj (@EKSwitaj)

      I agree!

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  4. Fie Upon This Quiet Life Avatar
    Fie Upon This Quiet Life

    Ballet flats.

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  5. bloggerclarissa Avatar
    bloggerclarissa

    I will reveal the correct answer after everybody takes a guess. 🙂

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    1. FD Avatar
      FD

      That could take a while. 😉

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      1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
        bloggerclarissa

        I don’t mean everybody in the world. 🙂 Although that would be fun, too.

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  6. marc2020 Avatar
    marc2020

    Going to go with the Mary Janes as well

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  7. bloggerclarissa Avatar
    bloggerclarissa

    I’m now really eager to test my husband. I’m afraid he won’t guess right.

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  8. Luna Avatar
    Luna

    My first guess is Ballet Flats. My second guess would be Espadrilles.

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  9. Evelina Anville Avatar
    Evelina Anville

    High boots: fashionable and you like the cold! (My second guess is ballet flats since you love to walk and they are both pretty but good for walking.)

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  10. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    High boots for sure

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  11. paranoid Avatar
    paranoid

    There’s no way that I would pick ballet flats or classic pumps. They are far too boring for Clarissa.

    Espadrilles would match the outfits Clarissa has posted, but I’m picking high boots because they suit Clarissa’s love of winter.

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  12. bloggerclarissa Avatar
    bloggerclarissa

    I’m totally loving this series. 🙂

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  13. titfortat Avatar
    titfortat

    C.

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  14. Pen Avatar
    Pen

    I know you like to wear ballet flats, so because I’m tired and don’t want to over-analyze my choice, I’ll go with that.

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  15. Z Avatar
    Z

    Yes, you have announced the ballet flats preference before.

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  16. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    I’d say the high boots although I’d have guessed low boots as I think you do a lot of dashing about. I just associate your striding about intellectually with striding about in dashing boots.

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  17. Saia Sikira Avatar
    Saia Sikira

    I think you once posted something about Mary Janes, so I’m going for them!

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  18. Cliff Arroyo Avatar
    Cliff Arroyo

    Since you’re from the Ukraine my first choice would be the high boots (classis style that never seems to go out of fashion east of Germany and north of Greece).

    On the other hand it could be a trick question so I imagine who I’d expect to wear what in an American work environment (nb, this is only about 1/3 to 1/5 serious)

    A) Classic pumps – Executive secretary or receptionist, must look good but not frivolous

    B) High boots – Left an application, had a great resume, but was never called back…

    C) Mary Janes – Executive trying to balance “serious and busnesslike” and “not over the hill yet”.

    D) Ballet flats – Intern who accidentally broke the copier and then spilled coffee on her computer

    E) Ankle boots – No-nonsense intern from flyover country who reoganized the filing system

    F) Stiletto heels – Doesn’t want to be working in this damn office and wants to make sure everybody knows it

    G) Espadrilles – Dresses in the dark, loses important files (and talks to the plastic frogs she collects)

    Still gonna go with the high boots. You can take the girl out of the Ukraine, but …..

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
      bloggerclarissa

      “You can take the girl out of the Ukraine, but …..”

      – My sister must now be laughing and yelling, “Burn!!”

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    2. Lindsay Avatar
      Lindsay

      D) Ballet flats – Intern who accidentally broke the copier and then spilled coffee on her computer

      Oh no! Ballet flats are *my* preferred dressy interview shoe! (I also sometimes wear ankle boots, though.)

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      1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
        bloggerclarissa

        Ballet flats are also the only kind of shoe that an autistic can wear without running the risk of breaking her neck. Of course, that same autistic also breaks every copier in sight and spills drinks and food all over the place. 🙂 🙂

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      2. Lindsay Avatar
        Lindsay

        That’s pretty much why I wear them; I can’t walk (or even stand) in anything but the chunkiest high heel, and even those give me some difficulty. I descend stairs like an old woman unless my feet are perfectly flat on the ground.

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        1. bloggerclarissa Avatar
          bloggerclarissa

          “That’s pretty much why I wear them; I can’t walk (or even stand) in anything but the chunkiest high heel, and even those give me some difficulty. I descend stairs like an old woman unless my feet are perfectly flat on the ground.”

          – I knew that if somebody could understand me here, it would be you. 🙂

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  19. el Avatar
    el

    Love – D
    Hate – F

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  20. Lindsay Avatar
    Lindsay

    High boots?

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