August in Instagram |Dreams That Glitter

It doesn’t really seem like a whole month has passed since I did my last month in instagram post, wow time flies. I’ll try and keep this up if nothing else and in a month’s time you will have September in Instagram!

 

So August has been a lot of dance again, practising with Maisie in the studio, and a lot of book purchases which I am slowly making my way through! You may have noticed I have a bit of an iced coffee addiction too, my top three favourites are Costa Coffee Coolers, McDonalds Mocha Frappucino and Starbucks Triple Caramel Frappucino… I’m craving one right now. I’ve got myself a Costa coffee reward card and then realised that 90% of the time I get my Costa coffee from one of the franchises which you can’t use the cards in…. boo.

Dance First Think Later |Dreams That Glitter

Me and Maisie were at the studio again today after over a week away! I took my new Bloch Sonatas which I really love, I’m finding pointe work much easier in them than I did in my Freeds and I can’t wait to have a lesson in them! Here’s some pictures of us just having a bit of fun and me breaking in my shoes…

Bloch Sonatas|Dreams That Glitter

These are my third pair of pointe shoes in the last year… which for my first year of taking a half an hour pointe class every week is rather a lot! But I’m hoping the rule ‘third time lucky’ will come into play here. Previously I’ve had Freed Studio IIs and Freed Classics. These are Bloch Sonatas, and they already feel better. They’re a 4 1/2 D which is the widest they come, and I also had them steamed out a bit just to give a little more space in the width. I got them in a little dance shop in Bury down St John’s Street and it was really good in there. We went in in the morning and I wasn’t fully intending to get another pair of pointes, but I got in there and saw them and really wanted to try them because I haven’t had much luck with my Freeds it’s just not coming easily to me at all, even after a year. I know it’s not supposed to be exactly simple but still. The last two fittings I’ve had I’ve been done within 15 minutes and only tried on one pair of shoes, maybe two that vary in half a size. The first pair were too small and too narrow, the second pair fit fine, I just felt there might have been something better, and since I’d never tried another brand except for Freed which are my teacher’s favourites, I wanted to see what else was out there, and I think I’m glad I did with these. The guy that fitted them was lovely, he took his time with me and took the time to make sure they fitted me correctly. He was very honest about them and was clear that he wouldn’t sell me a pair if he wasn’t comfortable with how they fitted which was good and he had a lot of experience. 45 minutes later and a lot of ‘um’ and ‘ah’ing, I decided to get them. Pointe shoes are very expensive it’s not like buying a regular pair of shoes, I realise that and I realise money doesn’t grow on trees, but nana was willing to buy them for me as a christmas present which was brilliant, though I was prepared to buy them myself. They were £39.50 with ribbons which was also cheaper than my last two pairs.

I had a little play with them earlier after sewing on the ribbons and I can safely say they’re more successful than pairs I’ve had before, I’m pretty sure anyway. It’s hard to tell for sure because I did wear them without tights or toe pads which are at home, but I can tell they’re more supportive for my feet and seem to be able to get over the box more easily, so fingers crossed.