these boots were made for walking

it's the middle of august.  the thermometer is reading 109, but it feels like it is 150.  it is about this time of year that i start longing for cool days for boots, scarves and pumpkin spice lattes.  or pumpkin cookies.  or pumpkin pie. or pumpkin bread.  (are we seeing a pattern here?)

my sister was in need of black flats today.  i was in need of nothing.  i was in major want of a pair of boots i'd been eyeing online.  so my sister dragged me by my ears into my favorite dsw location and forced me to zone in on boots that where nearly identical to the ones i'd been obsessing over (the only difference was some detailing on the side).  *sigh*  it was meant to be.  it was the siren song of shoes.  the world around me faded to black as i kicked off my summer wedges, found the awful, weird disposable socky things (within hands reach of the boots.  another sign, of course) and zipped up the lovely leather boots with nary a struggle (i have shapely calves, if you will, so this was another sign it was meant to be.  also, apparently one calf is bigger than the other and i might have cut off some circulation to my left calf, but by golly i got that zipper all the way up!  and thankfully leather stretches.)

i pulled the box and lid together with all the ridiculous amounts of tissue paper, picked up my other shoes, and hauled across the store to show off the boots to my sister. 

now, these boots aren't anything fancy.  they just seem like great everyday boots.  and i like boots.  so, get used to seeing these guys often.  (i just had a flash of sandra bullock's character in 'all about steve' and her red patent leather boots, but these really do go with everything!)