Vintage Lollipops

Could hardly resist coupling this gorgeous cobalt Confection dress (Thank you, Jordette!!) with my new Chloe sandals. They seem to have an instinctive Cher and Dionne destiny that needed a Jane Austen  novel and September Vogue.  (Dress c/o Copper Etiquette . Similarly pretty here and here . Maybelline Colorsensational Lipcolor in Nearly There ) 

Shoe showdowns! Budgeting fashion to get what you want. I've been dreaming about these Chloé Crackle Triple Straps (top right) for a few years, and recently the same shameless beckoning began when I spotted the Isabel Marant Dicker boots (bottom right). But considering the Chloé pumps have vanished from planet earth and I'm not entirely convinced at the hardcore notion of dropping $600 on my inner yeehaw for some cutoff westerns, I compromised. After a lot, and I mean a lot of researching, I narrowed it down to these strikingly similar Michael Antonio Lakin heels  (also here  in black) and Ash Jalouse booties  (also here in taupe). I definitely would've preferred the MA pumps without the gold-dipped sequin embellishment, but I'll survive, because let's face it, these kindred soles saved me about a thousand bucks.  

Still friends with my Chloe combat boots...  and still wanting these .

♥ Looking back on all the sweetness... Happy Valentine's Day. ♥

Chasing Chloe around the house has become an exhaustible adventure, certainly worthy of America's Funniest Home Videos. At just 4 months old, she's a princess with a pistol... destructively dragging her food dishes up and down the stairs, prancing and carpet-rolling to her own self-entertainment, screaming the second you aren't allocating boundless amounts of attention, and pawing/scratching/chewing/eating every pillow in sight. Thus far, she's homicidally massacred a newly drafted manuscript, 2 pair of shoes, 1 fringe embellished scarf, and even my favorite glitter-studded tights are now a shredded pile of nylon tossed morbidly in the tights cemetery. Hope everyone's having a great weekend... ;) (Lover dress, Dolce & Gabbana wedges, H&M tights)