This New Year's Eve, whether you're stepping out on the town with friends, headed to a dinner party, or staying home with the kiddos, there's a pretty little shoe out there to help you ring in 2012 with flare. After all, nothing makes the perfect NYE ensemble quite like a show-stopping pair of shiny party shoes. So bring on the sparkle, the sequins, and the glittery glow! It's time to bid adieu to 2011 with style.

Here are 10 sparkly shoe picks for your New Year's Eve festivities, whatever they may be -- and they're all under $50! Let's celebrate!

I've had my fair share of embarrassing high heel-induced spills, which have resulted in everything from the grabbing of random strangers for support to sprained baby toes. But at least I've never been in front of a room filled with famous people and photographers at the time.

I've always snickered at the gangly 6-foot-tall America's Next Top Model contestants when they just can't seem to get the whole walking thing right. But when you've got models dropping to their knees more times than a Charlie Sheen Goddess -- as was the case at the F4R Japan benefit in Cannes -- it isn't them, it's you, un-sensible shoes.

Poor Lindsey Wixson apparently fell a ridonkulous six times, while plenty of other models ate it or at least stumbled. I'd blame Naomi Campbell, the organizer of the event, on all of the spills, but I'm afraid of her.

Instead, shame on the overzealous shoe designers who seem to be putting form before function more and more these days.

On last night's American Idol, Lady Gaga appeared as a guest mentor, and showed up to coach the final four in her typical shock-wear and makeup, aka a two-toned bobbed wig with black bangs, a crazy huge blue beauty mark, and the facial implants she's been sporting for the majority of her Born This Way promotional tour. But it was actually her shoes that are causing tongues to wag today. They were sort of, well, X-rated, according to Ryan Seacrest.

Seacrest said on his radio show:

She came in broadcast standards-sensitive shoes ... wearing a very popular female tool on her feet. Only Gaga can put herself into footwear that is a device of pleasure.

I'm surprised I didn't notice it when watching last night, but producers smacked cartoonish-bright red stars over the sexually explicit stilettos because each had a Lucite penis for a heel ...

If you've made the jump to the iPhone, then you know what it feels like to have the whole world at your fingertips -- contained within an often frustrating device.

The latest trend in mobile? Mobile shopping, of course! While some brands are just launching their mobile e-commerce sites, others are steps ahead with their own shopping apps, tempting customers with an on-the-go experience.

The fashion and beauty industry has been among the first to embrace the iPhone platform and create mobile applications. While some branded apps are barely worth the download, I've selected the top five free apps that will have you coming back (and shopping) for more.

Oh, fall shoes! They come in such beautiful autumn colors like olive moss, wine, and ochre. But I don't know why so many of the good-looking ones have to be over $100, over $200, or even more! In case you didn't know, shoe-maker people, THAT'S NOT AFFORDABLE! And if the shoes are not affordable, then we shoe-loving people can't have the shoes that we want to have so we can love them. See the predicament?

In any case, we must, once again, resort to loads of shoe porn. Because porn is all about fantasizing about all the things you'll never have, right? In this case, the shoes we'll never have.

Line 'em up. I'm ready for the fantasy ...

This will be the autumn that I will finally buy ankle booties. Yes, I will. Ankle-high boots are seriously hot for Fall 2010, that's for sure. You can't go five steps in the mall without seeing another pretty pair. And the gorgeous gray leather of these lovely criss-cross buckle wrapped platforms is convincing me that mine, too, will need to be gray.

And in case you hadn't noticed, these particular high-heeled boots are crazy frickin' bad-@ss.

Hell hath no fury like a woman's shoe porn! That's right -- today's shoe porn is so darn lovely that it brings on rage and fury. Rage that I am only allowed to look at these gorgeous shoes. And fury because these pretty babies are not right here with me dolling up my feet.

Raaawrrr!

Oh mercy, angels in heaven, what be these teal blue suede wonders? These heels, skinny jeans, a cropped jacket, and a chocolate milkshake in hand, and there you have a little piece of my heaven here on Earth, friends.