Last Splash?!

I do this every end of summer. I start tailoring my wardrobe with an eye toward fall, start obsessing about raincoats with matching wellies and then, whamo, I buy a pair of sandals. Perhaps it is my unconscious wish that summer go on and on. Perhaps it is a resistance to autumn which sometimes feels like an ending rather than a new beginning. Or maybe I am just shoe obsessed.

Whatever the label for my state of consciousness, I couldn't resist these. They are so comfortable, so embellished, so rich looking and the new Steve Madden store just opened yesterday at Union Square.

So I visited them yesterday before work, went home, looked at my budget, paid the bills and had enough to buy them. Yay!!

I wore them out of the store this morning with my silk wrap dress from Banana Republic (which I got at Buffalo in '03 for $22.50, and has held it's own and still looks cute and gets oodles of compliments--M. loves it as well.)

I feel pretty cute.

But I can't wait to wear them with my skinny jeans that zip at the ankle. Hello transition.

You can buy these Banglez by Steven online in three colors at http://www.stevemadden.com/ for $129.50. The color I got is called silver but is really an olive suede with studding and beading.