Day 46---Black Boots

These are my most expensive pair of shoes. As you have probably realized, I tend to buy "bargain" shoes (ie: from Marshalls, Ross, Henry's Shoe Experience, Target...) because I believe that they are JUST AS WONDERFUL as ones that cost hundreds of dollars. However, I can definitely say that these boots are SO AMAZING and SO WORTH THE MONEY THAT I SPENT ON THEM. And, I can tell the difference between these boots and all of my other, less expensive, ones....which can either be seen as a good OR a bad thing. It's like flying first class. Once you've done that, it's kind of difficult to go back to flying coach on Southwest. Right?

I can vividly recall the Fall day that I purchased these boots from the swanky South Coast Plaza Nordstrom. I was with Brittany and Summer and we were just spending the day together, doing some shopping and we decided to just "stop in" to Nordstrom and see if we could find YELLOW SHOES (yes, those dang yellow shoes have been driving me crazy for MONTHS!) for us to wear for Summer's wedding. If you ever shop at Nordstrom, then you know that it is nearly impossible and takes some SERIOUS self-control to just "stop in" there. While we were perusing the shoes, I happened to stumble across the display with all of the boots that are this style and was telling Britt that I didn't think I could "pull them off"....you know what I mean? These boots take a certain kind of "styling". You can't wear them with just any outfit. For example, today I decided to wear them with my Big Star jeans that I got from The Denim Guy (www.thedenimguy.com) and with my super cute headband, homemade by my BFFFE, Renee. Despite my initial styling challenges, I decided to try them on, along with about ten other pairs at the urging of the SUPER SMOKING HOT SHOE SALESMAN (of course he HAD to be sexy....he could have tried to sell me a pile of crap and I would have bought it---he was THAT cute!) and, of course, the ones that I fell in love with happened to be the most expensive ones. Duh. Isn't that the way it always works? Simultaneously, Summer was finding, trying on, falling in love with, and ultimately, purchasing, her Vera Wang wedding shoes. We both got suckered into buying pretty much the most expensive shoes that we tried on that day. No regrets. :)

However, as I mentioned before, they have proven to be totally 100% worth it. And, even though I am pretty sure that the salesman knew EXACTLY what he was doing (picture Wendy Peffercorn a la "Sandlot"...."She knows what she's doing, she knows EXACTLY what she's doing"---Squnits @ the public pool) as he seduced me with these boots, I have to say that I loved the seduction. I'm so simple. Put a pair of fantastic shoes on my feet and I will melt and hand you my VISA card. HAHA!

I love these boots. They are perfect for a gloomy, rainy, cold day like today. I feel like a bad-ass when I wear them. I want to get a boyfriend with a Harley just so that I can put these babies on and go for a ride. Instead, I guess I will just wear them to school and daydream about my imaginary motorcycle riding boyfriend. He's out there somewhere, right? :)