Boot Shopping

Last year I bought a wonderful pair of knee high camel tone boots (by the lovely Lauren Conrad and her Kohl's Collection) that I LOVE. I mean, I really love them; wear them almost daily, and heck I wear them with black and grey and every other color that's not supposed to match--but I say they do!

Only problem with 365 days of wear (well maybe not because when it was hot I didn't wear them) is that they are wearing out. And I will probably take them to our local cobler and have them re-heeled so that I can still wear them, my dear friend Kelly says I just need to buy new boots. Right, Kel? She even sent me the link to URBANOG.com which has boots galore with price tags that don't make your stomach drop. Check them out! But first, which ones should I buy?

Oh and an important note is that when Hubs saw me looking at the shoes he says, "you do need another pair." And he was serious. Love that man!

1. THESE

2. THESE

3. THESE

4. THESE

5. THESE

 

6. THESE black/brown combo are a  YES, PLEASE!

So which ones do you like? 1-6? And what are these models wearing with their boots??

ps I'm not a big enough blogger to have anyone compensating me for my words here, but darn do I wish I was because they have so much cute going on over there! check it out urbanog.com!

pps thanks Kelly Sue!

Glorious, wonderful: Yellow!

Yellow is everywhere right now. And I could not be more tickled about that. I'd like to think that I was ahead of the yellow curve when my mother and I painted my bedroom BRIGHT yellow at my last apartment. Only when new furniture that was nearly black in color was purchased did I change the color because the room looked like a giant bumble bee and it wasn't cute. Still my love and affinity for anything yellow is near and dear to me.

I walked into Crate & Barrel today on my way to pick up a Starbucks on my break (my office is entirely too close to the mall!) I was enamored with so many things as usual but even more so because guess what their featured color is right now: YELLOW!!! Take a look:

Check out this cheerful espresso machine!
(Photo courtesy of Crate&Barrel)

Not a coffee fan, how about tea?
(Photo courtesy of Crate&Barrel)

All of the charming yellow products. Mama wants!
(Photo courtesy of Crate&Barrel)

Not to mention the throws (blankets and pillows), the art, and the way all of this beauty was displayed with wonderfully large canvas paintings. Ahh..yellow, you make my hear sing!

Inspiration: Restoration Hardware

I've apparently been living under a rock. A great big amazingly beautiful rock called Restoration Hardware. 

I have seen this store in my one or two strolls around Somerset mall, but only yesterday did I actually stop in. I was instantly in love with the plush bath robes and linens that were everywhere for the holiday loot. The price tags are of course astronomical (at least on my budget, kudos if you think they aren't) however the inspiration of the store design as well as the products is worth the periodic stroll to drool to.

This scrabble board is one item I found myself swooning over, and at only $279 a set, I think I will have one really soon :). Not only is the craftsmanship of this set gorgeous, it is extra large with a whopping 26 1/2" square games pace.

Pretty amazing right? I know any Feist family members that may stumble upon my blog can understand the coveting of this board! Nana needs one right?