monday musings: on my lack of shoe self control & J.Crew

Good morning (still morning in PST!) & happy Monday?

I don’t know why but I seem to sleep poorly on Sunday nights…maybe in anticipation of Monday? Who knows. But, both this week & next week are 4 day work weeks for me (victory dance) since my sister will be here for a long weekend, so we’re going to call today my Tuesday.

Anyway, this outfit.And my lack of self control. The two things I actually wanted to talk about today. I like to think everyone lacks self control in different areas. Some people love ice cream, some people love alcohol, some people have weird fetishes that get them on TV. Me? I really like shoes. And always manage to justify them to myself.

Case and point (Mom don’t read this) – I bought 5 pairs of shoes in seven days. (Mind you, this was after I told myself I wouldn’t shop in July)

FIVE.

Three of those were items I had been eyeing/looking for/waiting for them to go on sale (aka pre-planned purchases) and two were purely because “I want those.” Even for me, five pairs in a week is excessive. (Publicly admitting I have a problem.)

One of the five pairs are these absolutely perfect gingham heels from J.Crew that I’m wearing in these photos.  Please don’t even try to convince me they aren’t stunning. (Sidenote: I wore this outfit to dinner Friday & it may be my favorite summer outfit EVER. No joke. I wish I could wear it every day!)

The other four: yellow Steve Madden (I only paid $30 don’t worry) leopard Sam Edelman (again, paid $35), nude caged heels & Ivanka Trump boots (I blame these on the Nordstrom Anniversary sale)

I’ll be styling all of them in the upcoming weeks, so prepare yourselves 🙂

So, now that I’ve confessed I have a shoe shopping problem, I would love to hear what everyone else has a slight addiction to! haha

Have a great day,

-M

PS. Unfortunately this wonderful dress I’m wearing is sold out right now, but Nordstrom restocks some items often so if you really love it then I would check back. I truly cannot recommend it enough. I like it so much that I even wrote a review. I’ve also linked a handful of similar dresses below

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