Monday, September 21, 2009

need your help...dress or boots?

i'm on a shopping freeze until october but i have found myself pining away for two items in particular. i really need black boots (don't have any) but i also need some transitional dresses...and i can only afford one. what's your vote? my rational side is telling me boots but my other side is saying dress. HELP! please help a sista out and post your vote in the comments.

option #1: steve by steve madden iden boots. normally $159 but 25% off promo makes them $119.96. i love how loeffler randal-esque they are (but without the $800+ price tag).





option #2: yumi kim dani dress. normally $195 but an in-store anniversary promo on thursday for 30% off would make it $136.50. would be fab with a cardi and some textured tights.




14 comments:

Katie said...

Gotta go boots love! Long term, better investment.....did I marry a financial man or what....

Laura B. said...

Rational me says boots, but irrational me says the dress bc it sounds like a good deal, you can wear it right away and boots will start to go on sale in the next few weeks when you'll really need to close up those toes ;)I vote dress...

martha said...

ahh - credit card freeze. we have to put ours in big blocks of ice!

weeelll - boots remind me a bit of those fab flat boots you got last yr. and the dress - it's a different style than your other YK numbers right??

i'm going to have to vote dress...

Anonymous said...

I vote boots! I have them in brown and love them - plus they are super comfy!

Jess said...

Hmm...tough call b/c of course the boots are probably more practical since you will wear them a few times a week instead of a few times a month like you would the dress.

However it's no fun to buy practical. I think you should go with whichever one you heart more.

Unknown said...

When I first saw the boots I was thinking, "duh, obvi the boots", but then I saw the dress. I think I am voting for the dress because I'm guessing your Frye boots from last season are still in good shape.

annie said...

oh man! we're all tied up 3 vs 3. if you haven't voted yet keep 'em coming.

pan galactic gargle blogger said...

dress! dress! if the boots were thigh-high I'd say boots, but they're not, so I'm not.

aunt janet said...

being a shoe person, I am voting for the boots. they are great and can be used a lot more then the cute dress!

jenlovesekv said...

I am going to vote for boots as well. You will get so so so much use out of them this fall and winter!!!

Neha Leela said...

I'm new to your blog so I hope you don't mind me chiming in! I vote boots -- you'll get much more use out of them in the seasons to come. And either way thank you for sharing, b/c I was looking for a pair of flat black ones :)

annie said...

thanks everyone! i'm so glad to have gotten so many votes...i think boots are the winner!

Olga said...

Hi Annie! Did you wind up getting the boots? How do you like them? How do they fit?

annie said...

Hi Olga - I didn't, but a friend of mine did. She loves them. She said they're a little wide around the calf but they end up fitting perfectly with jeans tucked in. She has small calves, though!