i love good deals...

So I really, really needed a new black pair of boots. I have a cute pair, but they are completely flat and can't ever be dressed up. I didn't want too high of a heel because I want to be able to actually wear them.

After browsing about 10 online stores, I stumbled across these pretties on Endless Shoes & Handbags...

I got a pretty good deal on them too. Originally $158, but they have a special promotion right now with free overnight shipping, and I also got $25 off! Not too bad!

I know, I know, $133 is still kind of a lot, but I don't mind spending it on a nice pair of boots. I still have boots that I bought well over 2 years ago.

The only pair of boots that probably weren't worth paying over $100 for were a pair of really cute gray boots I bought in Budapest (I studied abroad there in Spring of 2008). The boots were very well made, but cobblestone streets can be extremely destructive on shoes! I'm so glad I realized this pretty fast so I only destroyed one pair of boots. I can't even wear them when it's raining because water seeps in through the sole. Too bad, they were really cute!

The boots are supposed to arrive on Tuesday, can't wait!!

On a completely different note, my sister's bedroom transformation was featured on the blog Better After last Thursday!

Check it out here.

urban outfitters in stockholm

Last year I studied abroad in Budapest, Hungary and traveled all around central Europe (never actually got to France, Spain or England). If anyone has ever traveled through central Europe you will know that "inexpensive" shopping is rather limited to the same few stores, H&M, Mango, and Zara. By the end of my trip I was a little sick or recognizing every piece of clothing from H&M and accidentally matching half of the women in Budapest.

That is why we were so excited to see an Urban Outfitters when we went to Stockholm....among the 200 H&M's that were also in Stockholm---ok, that is a bit of an exaggeration....or is it?

If any of you ever go to Stockholm, Sweden I highly recommend that you go to this Urban Outfitters because it's awesome. Why? Because it was an old theater that they converted into the store, stage and everything.

This was the front of the store, I had no idea it was a theater until I went inside...

...which is why were were so shocked when we saw this inside.

I loved the huge chandeliers!

You could walk around to almost every part of the theater, even the stage, which was converted into dressing rooms.

Definitely the coolest Urban Outfitters I have ever seen! I want to go back!

images: flickr, not my own pictures

new shoes!

After waiting more than a week, I finally got my new "Mercer" flats from Marais USA! I had been wanting a new pair of flats for months now but the stores never had any cute ones, all they had were sandals for summer....but we all know how summer in SF is.

I also didn't want to spend a lot on flats and I felt like the simple flats in stores were all around $80. These were $52....not Target cheap, but they're really cute and I will definitely get a lot of use out of them.

I had heard of this brand before from other blogs, but then I saw it last week on making it lovely and I decided that I had to have them.

Yay for graduation money!

Here they are in navy, so cute! I really like the nude though, very summery and they go with almost everything. These shoes run big so order a size smaller than you usually order. I am a size 7 but I ordered a size 6 and I'm glad I did. I still have to break in these shoes, I can tell that if I wore them immediately without tights or socks I would get some nasty blisters.
How cute are these mary-jane like shoes? If I didn't already have 2 pairs of black patent leather flats I would definitely get these.

...and last but not least, I think these cobalt blue "crosby" sandals are adorable!

images: marais usa