Shoes-day Tuesday! And other odds and ends

Hey there,

What a weekend!  Fall was in the air, I met up with multiple friends, tackled to-do lists, and ate and drank to my heart’s content.

Our friends (expecting a baby in Jan!) offered to make us dinner on Friday night at our place — who are we to say no?  It was one of those last minute things that worked out really nicely.

Saturday was spent prepping for our friends (and baby) to come over for “linner” (since the babies go to sleep between 7 and 8).  The Fall-inspired menu included:

• Roasted beets on top of a honey-chevre covered crostini
• Add’l cheese: jarlsberg and wasabi gouda (not as spicy as I would have liked)
• Pumpkin salsa soup (turned out super spicy)
• Pear arugula salad with red onions, toasted slivered almonds, and more chevre
• Homemade applecrisp and vanilla bean ice cream

Err, and a few bottles of wine.

And moving on to the main point of this post: shoes.  Well boots, anyway.

A few weeks ago, my bestie let me know that Endless.com was having a 20% (add’l) off all boots sale.  So I had to look.  Just to see what was out there.   Well, I found these Frye boots.  I loved the gathered sleeve-like leather at the top.

And paired with a cute dog and a great Fall purse:

I wouldn’t want to pay full price for these, but luckily at the time, they were on sale for $275ish  and then with the additional 20% off, they came to only $222.  Not bad, not bad.  I went with the Dark Brown because that is the one color seriously lacking in my boot collection.  And come to find out, my BIL’s fiancee bought the same pair, only in Cognac.

Note, these are my normal size 7.5 and I have plenty of room for some thick socks.  I might have been able to go with a size 7, but figured it was better to have some room than be too tight given the pitch of the heel.

Since it was about 75 deg out, I didn’t end up wearing the boots with the outfit, but now I’m really itching to wear them.  Perhaps I should just turn on the air conditioning and wear them around the house?

Shoes-Day!

I’m excited for this Tuesday!  Why?  Because I finally have a new pair of shoes (boots) to show off

Not too long ago, I posted about some boots I was coveting.  Really it was just a matter of time before I succumbed to the need to buy one of the pair.  You know how it is.

And many of you just happened to like the boots I was loving the most:

Oh hello Nine West lover!  Oddly enough, a few days after I posted about this boot, I saw it at Macy’s and was able to try it on.  That sealed the deal.  Loved it.  It was $200 at Macy’s, but that day they had 15% off.  Thanks to the wonders of smart phones, I checked on endless.com and saw they were having 30% off select boots (including these). 

Soooo, I scored these $200 ‘Clara’ boots for just $140.  Yeah, that’s a huge win.

I wore these boots Friday night to Zach’s boss’s house for dinner.  In the outfit mix are skinny jeans from Motherhood Maternity, black ribbed tank also from Motherhood, and Express cardi.  Note how high the boots come up – they literally hit mid-knee and I love that. It’s such a different fit than so many of my other boots. 

And you can definitely see the red tone in the shots below:

Ya gotta love that my belly got in the way of a clear shot huh?

I’m pretty happy I bought these guys and think they are going to look even better with leggings, which I’m guessing will be my go-to pants soon enough here.

When it comes to brown boots, do you like camel, chocolate, red-brown, or something else?

Do you check online prices while shopping in stores?

Shoes-Day! The high-heeled loafer

Happiest Tuesday to you! 

Thank you for all your fabulous comments and for sharing your birth experiences.  This is just one  of the many reasons the blogworld is so fabulous

Let’s talk one of the latest shoe trend – the high-heeled loafer.  Once upon a time, I remember buying a paper of loafers that I eagerly stuck a shiny new penny in.  I thought that they were pretty cool.  I’m thinking I was in middle school at the time.  And you know me I was already sportin’ a heel – a whopping 1.5”

But now loafers have gone to a whole ‘nother level.  Loafers meet stilettos.  Librarian meets sexy siren. 

Below are a few from Endless.com that caught my eye:

Love the neutral color, dark stitching and nerdy-gone-cute tassels

Red and studded?  Yes! 

Salmony pink and suede make for a fun flirty feminine look.

I wore my own pair of high-heeled loafer-esque shoes a year ago, and here there are below:

I paired these Bongo argyle fabric and brown leather pumps (~3” heel) with my Motherhood maternity jeans, a white tank, and a green army jacket (a la Marshalls) for my Friday casual look.

Though I’ve had these shoes for a few years, my hubby said—for the first time on Friday—“I really like those shoes. I like the bow.”  Yep, that’s about as complimentary as he gets

Tell me, do you like the high heeled loafer?  As always, I love links if you’ve got some hot ones to show me…I’m kinda lovin’ them right now.

Does your significant other know when you buy new things or have had something forever?