Trench foot

I'm starting to wonder whether this style challenge is bad for my feet. After another fruitless search for the perfect, affordable and non-mumsy ankle boots I found a pair of plastic platforms from Select that were ridiculously cheap and although they are hookerishly high, rashly, late at night after a glass or two of wine, I bought them. Which may sound vaguely familiar.

I mean, I love quality shoes- but I want need quantity too; brown and black, boots and pumps, suede and patent, chunky and pointy, high and even higher. I have an inner Imelda Marcos fighting to get out, sadly without the budget to set her free. I have tiny feet and used to be fabulously lucky in the sales but now everyone's feet are getting bigger and bigger, so the pesky shopkeepers don't bother with little twinkletoes like mine and I never get bargains. Sob.

Anyway, the boots have arrived and they genuinely look better than the £10 they cost and don't actually make my toes go into spasm are very comfy. But still, they are rather plasticky and if you look closely there are blobs of glue showing, so today,  I kept the rest classic with a camel trench, breton and ink-wash jeans, to try and compensate. I think it works... from a distance at least.

Now, sober and sensible, I'm wondering whether I should have just saved the cash and bought better quality in the Christmas sales.

My hubby always says, never buy cheap shoes....don't you just hate it when your DH is right?!

Trench: Whistles (old but similar at Banana Republic)
Breton: Zara, also old but this is an alternative that I covet
Jeans: Gok at Sainsburys
Bag: Louis Vuitton (Gift from kind MIL)

Boots: Select