Today (Saturday) has been blissful. It started with an 8:30am yoga class. No crazy weights or sprints, just stretching, breathing and balancing. I’ve been having a hard time making time for traditional yoga versus kettle belle/sculpt/spin classes, so it felt fantastic. I need to remember that you do not always have to be dripping in sweat and walking gingerly to mark a solid workout.

After yoga I treated myself to coffee and a mani + pedi. The nail salon is on the same block as a few adorable Highlands Square stores so I meandered in and out while doing my best to keep my wallet tucked carefully in my purse.

My wallet did indeed stay put, but I left a piece of my shoe-loving heart with these Ella Moss booties at an adorable shoe store called Strut. I saw them in brown but I’d be a proud owner of either color. “Hello lover…” a la Carrie Bradshaw for sure.

Credit: Ella Moss

Credit: Ella Moss

Her name is Eliza. Eliza Bootie. Pretty cute, huh? I adore the wedge heel as a wedge makes any tall shoe infinitely more wearable. The leather detail adds a bit of edge for weekend wear but these beauties can definitely be made office appropriate as well. At $278 they are out of my current price range…but in my Vogue reading, designer shoe label coveting opinion, the price is not obscene for fall/winter boots.

I’ve spent the better part of the afternoon trying to justify going back for Eliza, but seeing that I treated myself to a few items at J Crew on Thursday evening my shopping budget for October is tapped. More on those purchases soon.

Happy Saturday fellow shoe lovers!