I Got 99 Problems (but boots ain't one)

I have an actual boot obsession.  I live in California where it's basically warm 9 months out of the year but when I look in my closet 75% of my shoes are boots.  It makes zero sense, but when I see a good boot I just can't help it!  They last forever, I always tell myself.  A few months ago (mid summer) I found the cutest rag & bone rain boots on sale and I was like, wow that's a good deal, I 'need' those.  I use the word need loosely because I feel that pretty frequently with articles of clothing/shoes I see online.  Anyways, I kept seeing these boots (on sale) and finally I pulled the trigger.  I thought 150$ for 400$ rain boots is just too good of a deal to pass up.  I got them in the mail and tried them on, luckily they fit, because they were final sale.  I took the box and broke it down and hid it in my recycle (so that my husband didn't ask why the Hell I bought a pair of rain boots in the middle of summer) and carefully placed the boots in the bottom back of my closet where I was certain no one would notice them.  Except my husband DID notice them.  This man has radar for my new stuff.  He isn't like most men who fail to notice anything - he notices if you have a new hair tie, ok?  I explained my sale predicament and I think at this point in our marriage he knows when to pick his battles so if my memory is correct he may have actually nodded that I made the right decision (I may have just made this part up I'm not sure).  The moral of this story is now when it does rain here in sunny CA I'm going to have really dry fashionable feet!

A couple weeks ago I took a casual walk through the designer shoe aisle on my way to the coffee bar in Nordstrom.  You can't avoid walking by them if you want coffee (which I always do when I visit Nordstrom) but I usually try to just look and not touch because if I touch then I want to try on and if I try on I want to buy- it's a vicious cycle.  Anyways, I'm walking by and I see the Chanel display, and there they are.  Velvet.Black.Moto.Boots.  They look comfortable, practical, totally on trend for fall (velvet) and have a big gold Chanel emblem on the side.  I need to touch them.  I flip them over expecting a price tag that is out of this world and it's not (this could be a lie I'm not sure) so I flip them right back over and keep walking because I know better than to try them on.  I think about these damn boots for two weeks.  I just can't imagine my life without them  (so dramatic) so I call and they have one pair left in my size in the company.  What was I supposed to do, NOT buy them?  They come in the mail and I tuck (hide) them away for a special occasion.  I treated my husband with tickets to see Jim Gaffigan's stand up and thought that would be the perfect time to bring out my new beautiful boots.  Apparently I was the ONE person who didn't get the memo that most people wear their pajamas to see outdoor stand up comedians because let me assure you I was definitely the only one in Chanel boots.  We walked through dirt parking lots, a muddy patch of grass and at the end of this show I had blisters so bad I could hardly walk.  It's been over a week and I have to put band aids on the back of my feet still if I'm wearing anything other than a sandal.  BUT If you are expecting me to say I regret the boots then you'll need to keep reading my blog to get to know me- because I still think these boots are heavenly & Im willing to suffer in them all winter long.  They're f****** Chanel!  

I'm posting a few of my favorite boots for fall that I have or 'need' here.  (Rain boots too)

XOXO

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