Black Beauties.

Top Row:

Cat print wedges, "Driver" by Ego and Greed, Solestruck. 

Patent "Grace Gore Boot" by Vagabond, Solestruck.

"What" Boot by Jeffrey Campbell, Solestruck.

Second row:

Harness boot, "Zoe" by Sam Edelman, Solestruck.

"Everest" by Jeffrey Campbell, Nelly (or at Solestruck).

Studded heel mc boot by Primeboots, Nelly.

Third row:

"Alma" by Dr. Martens, Nelly.
Leather boot, "Kareno" by Vagabond, Nelly.

Leather boot with brown side detail, "Chelsea" by H by Hudson, Urban Outfitters.

Last time I lost myself in the terribly tempting world of online shoe shopping (or, rather, wish list-making), all the shoes I fell for were in different shades of red. Now, as fall is rapidly approaching - it might even already be here - I seem to have gone back to black.

And as always, I despise myself for actually feeling sad I can't afford to buy any of these bold beauties that would look so devastatingly delicious on my feet. Though, I will admit - if they only had them in my size, I wouldn't be able to resist those amazing cat print wedges. I mean, come on! Wedges! With cats on them! How on Earth could they not be mine? This must be the first time ever that I wish my feet were a size 6. (And it thoroughly beats me why designers don't put cats on their shoes more often.)

I'm well aware I own the Everests in red, but unfortunately, that doesn't make the black ones any less desirable.

If I would have to choose one pair out of these nine that I know I would wear at least every other day, it would be those awesome studded mc boots from Primeboots - and therefor, of course, they're by far the most ridiculously expensive pair of the bunch. Moooom! My birthday is coming up! Hint, hint, hint. You don't want me to walk around in high heels all fall and winter long, slipping and sliding and shortening my Achilles' tendons, right? Right? (Darn, mom, why do you have to be in Florida without your computer the one time that I try to communicate with you through my blog?)

Speaking of wanting tons of pretty shoes, my sister Amanda and I had a somewhat strange conversation earlier this week.

Amanda: "Today, Mom and I were talking about, like, what we would do if we won five million dollars."
Me: "Uh-huh? So what would you do?"
"I told her I would buy shoes for all of it."
"Shoes? For... five million dollars? Seriously? Five million dollars worth of shoes?"
"Yeah, 'cause, you know, their value will only increase with time. It would be like an investment."
"Ummm... Not if you wear them, though? Then they will most likely become less valuable. When people say they buy shoes as an investment, I think they're mainly using that as an excuse to spend a lot of money on stuff they don't need."
...
"...oh. So then I guess that wouldn't be the best idea, after all."
"Probably not."
"Good thing I didn't actually win five million dollars and spend it all without talking to you first. Though shoes are a lot of fun to buy."
"They really are."