das boot

a few weeks ago i was window shopping at valley fair when i saw a huge sale sign at the charles david shoe store. normally i wouldn't even venture there. shoes selling at regular price rarely meet my economic criteria [meaning: my a$$ is too broke]. i do like charles david, ever since eileen first introduced me to them. i would say that eileen is my fashion mentor who has educated me to the ways of the fashion world. for a while, i did not really think of shoes beyond the typical brands such as nine west and steve madden. then again, it may be more of an economonic standpoint, being no longer a college student and now a career woman with a full-time job that can afford to pay more is most likely the case. at any rate, i have my fashion muse who will eventually lead me to jimmy choos and manolo blahniks...maybe. hopefully. i'll keep my fingers crossed. and my eyes open. for a sugar daddy. ;P just kidding.
now back to the story. there was a fifty percent-off sale, andmy eyes zeroed in on some knee-high black leather wedge boots on the sale shelf. i was tempted to try them on, but i made the mistake of asking my companion what he thought of the wedge boots. not getting an encouraging, albeit honest, reply from him put a damper on my shopping spirits so i proceeded to exit the store.
two days later i ended up calling the charles david store to see if it had my size, which it didn't, which lead to me searching on-line for that particular style. the search then broadened to looking for boots. knee high. wedges. pointy elf styles were acceptable as well. just any pair of new boots. i just really wanted a great pair of boots! i was on a mission. but now its time to admit defeat. i clearly missed the boat on the clearance sales. the few available are either hideous-looking or only available in size 10. i've gotten over my boot fetish, especially since i've come to the conclusion that my boots have come and gone. plus i have so many of them in my closet that have never been used or rarely worn. beautiful, yes. functional, no.
i am endeavoring to find my perfect pump. i've found that although i have numerous strappy evening shoes to die for! and sexy knee-high boots, i do not have a great pair of sexy career or day heels/pumps. my company has a business casual dress policy, so i haven't been keen on building up my career wardrobe with power suits and what have you. plus i saw it as a sign that i was a "grown-up" and i didn't want to admit it back then. but there comes a time and place when one must accept what is.