More boots and Ruche

I've browsed ShopRuche.com before but as I'm currently on the hunt for the perfect fold-over (ish?) lace-up boots, I've found that I really love that site. It has so much eye-candy and it's all 'buy me!' and I'm all, wait... what was I doing again?

Sawyer fold-over lace up boots in brown - $54.99
It's heartbreaking. They're out of stock! Just when I thought my search was over. I will decide by the end of this post whether I'm going to wait for them or if I'm going to send my love to a different pair.

Tina leigh rustic boot - $107.99
Aren't these lovely? Very homey. Remind me of some spread they had in Marie Claire a while back.

Lacy western delight vest - $44.99
Speaking of things that are ridiculously adorable and out of stock...

LUG12 Women Military Boot Distress Black - $24.99
And by the way, that isn't how I wrote it, that's the name on the site. I would have added an apostrophe 's' and another dash or the word 'in' but whatever. I found these on Amazon. How I love thee Amazon. Until the wonderful boots of love come back on Ruche, I think i'll get these. I was out with my friend and she talks to shoes too. It feels great to not be alone in your insanity ;)

Oh right, also...

Aldo Halat - $38.49 (but they go lower today only)
I tried these on today while I was out. If they had shearling peeping out the top they would be perfect. But I need to stop combining all my shoe fetishes into one. Also whatever happened to picking up a pair of canvas shoes?

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SOMG! (Boots :)

If we can have zombies omg, we can have shoes omg :)

Roxy Women's Truckee Winter Boot - $88.99
I can use some of this in my closet. But since my closet has my life in it, I might be running out of room.
Now for what actually IS in my closet

Women's Xhilaration® Karassa Slouchy Heeled Boots -$29.99
Recently acquired to solve the shoe crisis in the boot department. It was part of a huge Target solves my life problems shopping trip. The boots are extremely easy to walk in, mostly comfortable. I have a high arch so I might get something to put under the ball of my foot but other than that they're awesome. And they look great.

On another note. Did I go Black Friday shopping today (yesterday)? Yes. I didn't actually get anything though. I hit up the Tanger Outlets with my sister and it was nice and stampede free. I'm not going to lie here. I'm an online shopper. I usually make the most of deals I find online. If I'm out shopping in person, I don't do crowds (especially stampedes). But there were some pretty good sales so it was nice to try. It was also frigid. Brrr!

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Shoe Crisis: When nothing works

That's right, while I was busy letting school eat my life I found myself in a situation where none of the shoes I have worked. Unless I needed to go to a party. It's the middle of the fall semester. I'm not going to many parties. So I went to H&M the other day and here's what I found interesting. H&M now has a UK site which is nice. Before I sort of guessed what the tabs meant since I don't know Swedish or the languages for the other countries they had websites for. And while I'd love to learn Swedish, I'm currently in the midst of learning another language and that would be confusing.

I tried these on. Trust me they look better in person. I've always been skeptical of wedge heels so it's always satisfying when I find a pair that works for me. I also like the lining. These can keep me happy until I find a pair of shearling aviator boots.

I think H&M has had these heels for a while but I've been meaning to get them for as long as they've had them. They have this shape in a cutesy pink which is cute, but not for me. The suede works though. I prefer the black.

I've finally admitted that I can't live without canvas sneakers. Even if they die every six months, like my favorite in-ear earbuds (and the earbuds are still functioning with a little tweaking :), I'm an addict and will keep buying them.

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Levi's Slim Straight 514 Jeans

SO... I went shopping with my brother a few weeks ago. It was a lot of fun and he picked up two pairs of this "family" of jeans. The cut of the jeans is very clean and sophisticated. This is probably my favorite cut that I've seen in men's jeans.

These are the jeans in Shock Black. This is the first pair (maybe. we looked at so many pairs that I don't remember which was the first) we picked up in this line. I've been trying to get a pair of jeans in this color into my brothers' wardrobes since forever and a millennium. This color in denim is extremely versatile. You can dress it up, or dress it down, but it always works. I think the jeans looked better on my brother but the model looks nice too, heh.

This pair is in Worn Grey. The picture isn't such a good representation of the color. The real pair is a very nice shade of grey.
We got both pairs from JCPenney's, buy one get one 50% off. But you can get them online on the Levi's website.

Also... The shoes in the picture for first pair are these:

ASICS Alton Men's Sneakers
Interestingly enough, I can only seem to find this color combination in women's :) I've seen these around a lot so it's nice that I know what they are.

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2NE1 Park Bom wears Alexander McQueen Canvas and Leather Peep-toe Boots

I previously blogged about these and I just realized that the shoes Park Bom wears in this photo...

Are these...

Alexander McQueen Canvas and Leather Peep-toe Boots
Farfetch no longer has them so I'll have to look around.

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Manolo Blahnik Heels on Constance Jablonski for Bon Magazine

I was checking out the Constance: constantly chic workwear editorial over at Fashionising and there was a shoe that definitely sold me on that photoshoot.

Manolo Blahnik Campari - $645 @ neimanmarcus.com
You should definitely click on the link above and check out the photoshoot to get the idea. And while you're at neimanmarcus.com you can also effectively be distracted by their fall collection. <3

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Birthday!

So I celebrated my birthday today and while that has nothing to do with my blog, it does have a little to do with a post I've been meaning to do.

What I wore:

Monday morning, this came in the mail...

Gasp! It was just as exciting as it looks ;)

Hellz Bellz Top Notch Dress
I'm kind of tired now but I'll update with the picture of the dress I got which is the same, just in turquoise.

I

Forever 21 Shelf Bra Cami - $3.50
I wore this under the dress. Due to the nature of the straps of the dress you don't really have to worry about bra straps/spaghetti straps of any sort showing.

Elastic Leatherette Belt - $4.80
I also wore this belt about right under the turquoise neckline part.

The dress is awesome and I'm so glad I got it!

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