give a girl the correct footwear

and she can conquer the world.

Cheers Bette Midler, I'll use that phrase as some sort of rationalisation for my shoe love. It started with my first pair of 'real' shoes when I was a toddler - apparantly I was so enamoured with my feet that I kept falling over because I stared at them constantly. Basically, I blame my recent extravagant online purchase on my parents, because they bought me tiny patent shoes all those years ago. When I first saw the studded Chloë Sevigny ankle boots above (from the Pre-Fall 08 collection) on the Jak & Jil blog I fell head over heels in love with them, and started to make elaborate savings plans though I knew deep down it was unlikely that I'd ever own a pair myself. Then just when I'd given up hope, Office came to the rescue and put an almost identical pair on the market at 10% of the price. I bought them, delirious with happiness and student loan.

SO BEAUTIFUL. I wore them for the first time today, to Sainsburys. It wasn't a particularly glamourous outing but at least they've been introduced to the outside world. Their wonderfulness is such that it actually made my feet feel happy.

Puritan dress - Uniqlo, leaf necklace - 50p from a clock shop in Tywyn, ankle boots from Office.

I was feeling particularly nun-like today, so wore my puritanical but lovely Uniqlo dress. The material is really nice, as are the bell sleeves. It could do with a belt really but I can't find any thin enough - where sells skinny plain brown leather belts these days? I haven't worn the leaf before now as it didn't feel autumny enough. 50p!