Growing up in Vermont, there were some pretty basic footwear requirements. A good pair of flip-flops and tennis sneakers for the spring and summer. A pair of hiking boots for the fall. A good pair of rubber boots for mud season (which is, in Vermont, a season in itself). And in the winter?
These.
The classic LL Bean boot. Loved them. (And readers may recall one of the greatest insults EVER to come from the snarky mouth of my brother-in-law that included an LL Bean reference.)
So. I picked up Yankee Magazine today. I loooove Yankee Magazine. Flipping through this month’s issue, I came across an article that included ten tips for carving turkey. (I read six out loud before Husband asked me to stop. Apparently, he has it all figured out.) I came across a piece on the best winter strolls and was simultaneously delighted and disappointed to read that my own town’s Christmas Stroll was one of three listed in Massachusetts. (Like parking isn’t hard enough.)
Then…
This.
A new Manolo Blahnik.
Really. I kid you not. Look ’em up yourself.
Good lord. I mean, is there any chance people will actually buy these?
I’m so out of touch.
Confessions of a Serial Swooper 
And yet, if Sarah Jessica throws them on they will look fabulous. Because she is who she is…
And I am me. So if I throw them on, I’m nominated, YET AGAIN for What Not to Wear.
I still have my LL Beans from the 7th grade. They still fit…but they do not keep my feet as warm as they used too. Hmmmm.
Have a great week!
In 9th grade, IIRC, you were nobody if you didn’t have LLBean boots. They were the height of our preppy school fashion. I had them all through HS and then college…in Vermont. I distinctly remember kicking butt in them during our broomball tournament, but my feet were FROZEN for days after.
Is it scary that I think those MB’s are kind of cool. Witchy-looking, but cool.
PS…I would SO love to wear a pair to my next HS reunion. I know I’d be the envy of all the stuck-up biatches that attend. 😉