I am in love with the Bay Area spa Lavande, where you can not only get your tootsies pampered, but shop for pretty shoes to slip them into - brilliance! Lavande carries cheap to mid-level shoes, the likes of Bamboo, Kenneth Cole, Blowfish, Corso Como and Pink. They also carry jewelry and a few handbags, making it a pre-going out one stop shop.

The Lavande in Russian Hill has a Holiday Pedicure Special going on right now that is pretty amazing - a pedicure, brown sugar scrub and callus treatment for 25 recessionrific dollars. Lavande is the perfect holiday girls’ day out.