Boots

If you had told me a month ago that I would be buying green boots for fall I would have laughed in your face.  I wasn't looking for green boots.  I've owned green shoes, but I don't think I've ever owned green boots, and frankly I never really missed them.

And yet, I ordered a pair of green boots, all the while telling myself that I really wanted black boots, that I really wanted seriously dressy boots with killer heels, and that they had to be black, and yet.......

They are perfect.  They are just what I wanted, although I hadn't realized it yet.  

I love the fact that they look like hiking boots, except for that heel.  And the heel is definitely a killer heel, but it is not too narrow, and the platform helps with comfort a bit.  It looks higher than it feels on.  These are shoes I can wear for those "I need a stylish pair of heels" days.  And although they are not comfortable walking boots, I have lots of comfortable, practical, walking boots.  Sometimes the soul just needs a little something extra, a little attitude, a little style, a killer heel.  Yes, it is true; I am rationalizing a bit here, but it doesn't really change anything. 

Although they can be laced to the top, I love them like this, with the tops folded down.  In this form I can even imagine wearing them with a skirt and tights.  I can imagine them with a pencil skirt and a fitted cabled sweater.  In fact they remind me of a cabled sweater I had for 20 years in a deep dark olive, much like this olive.  Unfortunately I felted that sweater last year trying to remove some impossibly recalcitrant stain.   I consoled myself by turning the felted sweater into Christmas gifts, telling myself that the sweater was worse for wear anyway.  But now, looking at these boots I wish I still had it.  

The boots may be telling me that I need to knit a fitted cabled sweater in deep dark olive green.  It wasn't in the plans, but sometimes you see something new and suddenly realize it is just what your wardrobe has been missing.  Fabulous new pieces with attitude are like that; you add them to your closet and they make themselves right at home, making friends with all your existing garments.  But it is not long before they start causing trouble, inviting all their friends to come in to play.  And there you are again -- shopping, sewing or knitting and finding you need things you never imagined needing.  It is quite possible these boots are going to be troublemakers.  If so, I'm up for the challenge.

Comments

[Mardel]

Thank you everyone who admired the green boots.  I see that they are not so crazy after
all, and I seem to have gotten into a bit of an olive mood of late. Interesting
how these things happen.

[materfamilias]

Envious . . . green (boots) with envy . . .

[BeeBee (Beth)]

Wow! Those are some awesome boot, raggin' footwear! I think I want a pair of green boots. I didn't know I did before, either, but I'm pretty sure I do now.

[K-Line]

I see these with a dove grey cable knit! Very nice...

[Diane]

Dear Mardel,

Those are definitely killer boots with killer heels. I am imagining you wearing them with a skirt, tights, and one of your beautiful hand-knit sweaters. Love the edgy lug soles.

[metscan]

Oh, I just love the word-killer heels! Fierce and great. I´m sure your husband approves!

[Myrna]

GORGEOUS!!!

[Gigi]

Yum, I love that color green! I can't wait to see what you pair them with. It may be sweltering out but I am daydreaming about fall...

[Robin]

You mustn't feel the slightest reason to justify those boots.
After all, there are women whose feet reject stylish shoes and said feet insist upon Birkenstocks and other sadly limited "comfort" styles.
You are not just wearing them for yourself- you are wearing them for all of us who can only admire them on others.
:)

[NancyDaQ]

Those are lovely. I can see why you were drawn to them.

[jenni]

Ooh, those are seriously lovely boots. If they disappear in the night... I will have enticed them overseas with promises of foreign pavements to roam upon.