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I mentioned that I purchased seven pairs of shoes (online) the other day and, well,  'half' of them have arrived.  These three are all from Aldo and I love them.  

The grey ones are my fave and I've worn them twice in a week, which isn't usually the norm as I try to mix it up considering how many shoes I have.  They are the perfect shade of grey, a real elephant grey, real suede,  and they are easy to walk in and quite comfortable. 

I'm not sure about the boots (despite coveting them) I really love 'em but online they are described as, 'Over the knee' and they certainly are not.  They barely  come to my knees, let alone go over them, so that was a tad disappointing.  Still, I really like them and got a great deal on them (50% off), however, they do remind me of these boots that I already own, minus the wedge.  Who am I kidding?  I'm so keeping them. 

The camel-coloured suede wedges are cute, conservative, I suppose, but chic.  I love the detail on the heel and they are easy to walk in (honestly, for me at least, almost all wedges are easier to walk in than a regular heel, usually - and I do a lot of walking in my job, for an office job that is).  I've already worn them and am a big fan, however, it makes me realize I do really favour peep-toe shoes over closed toes.  I just do.

Lastly, I noticed that the boots are the same price I paid ($90) but both pairs of shoes have gone up in price.  I paid less than $50 each.  However, if you do decide you want them, don't forget to sign up for Aldo's email list to get 10% off your order.

The other day I went Christmas shopping on my lunch break, and by Christmas shopping I mean I went shopping for myself.  Not intentionally, it just happened.  It didn't mean anything.  Well, it sort of did, because hello, I got these amazing boots out of the deal.  

Back to what I was saying: Christmas shopping on my lunch hour the other day.  It started out well, with my full plan of being to purchase for other, even with some ideas in mind.  Well, that all changed when I saw these boots.  You see, these are no ordinary boots, no, these are boots I saw last year and totally coveted.  However, since the snow had already flown and it was icky out, I talked myself out of spending the $130 on a pair of suede (aka I-cannot-wear-these-until-the-spring-and-in-that-case-who-wants-to-wear-boots-when-it's-finally-spring-and-you-can-wear-sandals) boots.  Almost a year has passed and I found myself actually reminiscing about these boots about three weeks ago,  kicking myself for not pulling the trigger.  So you can imagine my surprise when I walked into Le Chateau the other day and they still had them (irony or a sign?).  That in itself is amazing.  The next amazing thing that happened (because I had to check) was that they were now on sale, and had been marked down twice, to a cool $59.99.  My eyes quickly darted over all the various types of boot boxes until landing on the stack that contained these boots.  Only four pairs remained, surely there would be no size 10... and then there it was, the second box from the top, a big, shiny '10' on the side of it (okay, so it wasn't shiny, just go with it).  I could have jumped and squealed at that very moment if it wasn't for the woman I practically climbed over to get to the stack of boxes.  I grabbed the box, descended it from it's pile and briskly walked over to the bench.  Whipped off my heels and slid my feet into the boots I'd coveted for a year.  They fit!  There were no second guessing, no questions, just a quick lap around the store and I knew I had to have them.  And I did, and here they are a mere two days later in all their glory.  True story.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers!

Well it's official Autumn.  I know, technically it has been for almost a month, however, I've been refusing to participate, but, I finally did, and by participate, I mean throw on the tights.  You know I have mixed emotions about this one, but, I'll survive.  On a happier note, the leaves are gorgeous and I haven't documented this much and really wanted to capture some seasonal elements for you all in this post.  It's hard to believe a good chunk of the leaves have already fallen.  What's next!? Snow?

{ having the time of my life, again }