Shoe Mourning

Today I am in mourning. I'm mourning the demise of my favorite pair of ankle high black suede boots! (pause to wipe tear here)

The little heel on my left boot broke, well actually it's more like it just broke into pieces, just fell apart! The heel is not salvagable, so into to the trash they went this morning. These boots were my absolute favorite pair of shoes for at least the past 3 years. I loved them! From the beginning, I felt they were just made for me!

I have a $50 Nordstroms gift card that's been burning a hole in my wallet for a while, so off to Nordstroms rack I went. My mission was to find a suitable substitute for my now gone boots.

I was at Notrdstroms rack for about 45 min hopelessly looking for a new pair of boots, and I found very few suitable pairs. First of all, even deeply discounted shoes were still way over my $50 gift card limit, and they had about every color suede boot except black.

I had no luck in finding anything for me but I did have a few laughs at some of the shoes I saw. A couple of shoes I saw are posted here:

The yellow rain boots were discounted to a "bargain" price of $89.00!

These "Hollywood Hooker" shoes were marked down to only $190.00!
What a bargain!  They weren't even designer shoes!

Affordable, simple, little black suede boots. Where are you?!

Things I Love/ Favorite Things: Day 4 (Necklace)

  When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things to do was to go straight to my mom's closet.  When I opened my mom's closet I would stand in awe of all the beautiful clothes she had hanging in there.  My mom had a lot of clothes (and she still does!).  My parents had three closets in their bedroom (they had a third closet put in) and two of three closets belonged to my mom.  I'd put on her clothes and shoes and play "dress up".
   After I raided her closet, my next target was of course her jewelry box.  She had a big beige colored jewlery box that played music and opened into two levels when opened.  When I opened her jewelry box I was only after one thing.  That one thing was a very long beaded necklace!
  I've always been drawn to the wonderful blues, pinks, burgundys, and deep beiges of the beads.   As a little girl I'd sneak into the jewelry box and put it on whenever I got the chance.  As a teenager I'd do the same thing accept I was putting it on when going out with friends, and getting in trouble when I forgot to give the necklace back!  As an adult, I'd ask my mom if I could borrow the necklace.
  On day after I got married, I received a box of things of mine from my parents.  The box had the last "reminants" of my old bedroom, stuff like my high school yearbooks, some old cassette tapes, a doll or two etc....  But, also in the box was a padded envelope containing my favorite beaded necklace!
   I see the necklace everyday (I have it hanging on our dresser mirror), and I wear them from time to time.  The colors in the beads always put a smile on my face, I just love them!  The little girl in me still loves this necklace, and I don't think that will ever change!