I recently managed to get this pair of Mirella Academie pointe shoes from Bloch and was excited to break it in, so I spent about two hours today–in between some one-on-one meetings I held with members of the university accounting club I help lead–in my bedroom and makeshift dance studio practicing hopping from fifth position of the feet into relevé en pointe.

At this point I’m still waiting for my Harlequin practice dance mat to arrive, so I ended up using a piece of foam board that I had on hand to act as my temporary dance floor. (Plus, I totally wore socks over the pointe shoes to avoid getting them dirty. Can’t really advocate for that as a new fashion look, though.)