In spite of (but also really because of)
my lack of a giant pile of disposable money, I like to make lists of apparel
items to obsess over so that in the event that I do have some excess cash to
blow, I’ll know exactly how to spend it. There will be no looking back, no regrets, because I’ve spent hours pouring over
magazines and online catalogs and window-shopping, culminating in a giant list of WANT.
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| It's a veritable Scroll. |
For this fall, nestled in that list,
among various long sleeve shirts and sweaters (novel concepts
for a girl from Houston,) was a pair of ankle boots.
In July, I found and fell in love with a
beautiful pair of Carvela leather boots,
which just happened to be on mega-sale. But because the universe loves me, this
perfect boot was missing its mate of the same size, preventing my purchase. I was
devastated.
As I searched the Internet high and low
for a possible replacement, I noticed the increasingly frequent appearance of cobalt
blue and suede.
When I found these boots (look below), I heard the Hallelujah Chorus and jumped on that trend train.
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| CARVELA Splice Ankle Boots in Navy: found these babies on polyvore.com |
Now, I’m not sure how practical this
combination is: such a vibrant color on so a delicate material seems like a disaster
waiting to happen at the first drop of water. So clearly, I asked these boots
to spend my first fall/winter in
New England with me. (They have real weather here. Whuuuut.) They’re stunning,
and seem to have ridges on the soles (traction?),
so I’m excited. I plan to address the water-suede issue with a weatherproofing
agent, because those exist.
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| Maybe I'll ask Andrew Bird about those Weather Systems. |
I
have a feeling that this is going to work out. Is it terrible that I am in L-O-V-E love, and the boots and
I haven’t
even met yet?
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