So over the weekend I had a couple of missions. Some Christmas shopping related, some not. Squarely in the “not” category was Operation Ankle Boot. It’s been years since I could wear a cute shoe to work, and even more years since I worked at a place where that kind of thing was even considered normal. And now I have a few coworkers with mild shoe fetishes so while no one will judge me for wearing Birkenstocks every day if I chose to, it’s still fun to play along.
I had some credit from DSW that was burning a hole in my wallet, so I braved the cold and wet and holiday shoppers and started looking for a good ankle boot. I found one right away, but of course kept looking until I’d combed the entire store because YOU HAVE TO BE SURE. What’s a decision without seeing ALL the options? And of course settled on the first one I really liked.
They have a hidden snap so they’re easy to get on and off. You could even feasibly roll the flap up and wear them as a plain gray boot under jeans. And they were $30 after using my DSW credit. Sweet!
I liked them but wasn’t SUPER stoked about them because I’m a bit of a label-whore and the company that makes these has a logo that looks like the CEO said, “Remember when Justice was Limited Too? Because, it was, like, yesterday? Well, let’s go for a look like that. With more pink and more flowers.” Seriously. I recycled the box as soon as I got home.
Anyway. Fast forward to today when I wore them for the first time. 2 strangers said, “Nice shoes,” and I swear a few men outed themselves checking out not my legs but my cute shoes. We went to the mall tonight because my Shuffle was being wonky (the Genius said I had the best named Shuffle she’d ever seen) but it’s fine now. We parked by Nordstrom and wandered by the shoes on the way out. The sales girl said, “I know where you got those,” and winked at me. I said, “You do?” She pointed to the display. I shook my head. She was like, “Oh! Maybe I don’t.” I told her and she said “REALLY? We just got them in 2 days ago. They’re super cute and we all want them.” Variations of the same conversation happened on out way out of the store. (They’re $10 more expensive at Nordstrom.)
Hear that? I’m a trendsetter! You heard it here first, people, gray and navy blue ankle boots with polka dots are the way to go this winter.
Those are extremely cute!
My recent trip to DSW had me leaving with 4 pairs of shoes.
I went back to return 2 of those pairs and left with 3 more pairs.
*sigh*