This week in Fashion – Purple Boots

Many years ago… many, many years ago I came upon a pair of purple boots. They were a soft leather fitted low/mid calf boot with chunkier heels – ON SALE at an Aldo outlet… they called to me with a siren song.

I didn’t buy them when I first saw them, instead I went home and told my boyfriend about how I’d seen these boots that I was lusting after and like any reasoned man he responded “but they’re PURPLE boots!” Yes I know he was speaking to my reasonable side, he knew I had no money, he was acting in a sane and rational manner – too bad it was the exact wrong thing I needed. I actually went back a month later after all that lusting and true to outlet form the boots were gone… and then a few months later so too went the boyfriend.

I have thought about those boots for years. I have tried to find something that would fill the gap left where those purple boots would be… and over the years I’ve purchased; green boots, raspberry boots, red boots and I even tried with a pair of pointy toed purple boots I found on a boxing day sale. Indeed none of them filled the gap left – I was torn between logic and desire (like I'm the only one with this kind of struggle!?!?) to find purple boots. I keep going back to the phrase “but they’re PURPLE boots!” - and of course a statement like that implies a certain level of insanity to even consider buying something so impractical…

So here’s my toast to impractical footwear, may boys who don’t understand be banished forever from my life.

New Years Resolutions

New Years resolutions in general suck… I tend to try not to make any because I know I’d never keep them. However the ones I have made (and told friends and family about... sometimes) have generally stuck. This year I’m going strong on my 2007 resolution - I decided that I wasn’t buying lunch (or for that matter breakfast) at work… that I’d bring food with me everyday. It’s been hard not to forget it in the fridge (maybe I should keep my cell in there with lunch as I rarely forget it!) but so far so good. Yes I have had lunch out with a friend here and there and that doesn’t count against me (for the record) as time spent with friends is worth it, it takes precedent over not spending money on lunch any day.

My lunch experiment was only supposed to be for the month of January but I formally declare that due to my success thus far (and liking my food in general a lot better than the cafeteria) I am extending for the month of February.

For my next trick more money saving tips… I need to save about 5K in time for October.