Shoe Porn: ALDO's Autumn Boots

In a month or so, I'm going to have cold feet. Really cold feet. Every single year, I get caught out by the biting cold that follows autumn. I rush out of the house in cute little ballet flats and I have frostbite by the time I get to the bus stop. So after seeing the gorgeous leather boots that Kat wrote about yesterday (only for tall girls, they'll never fit me), I've decided to get prepared and pick a wintry pair to invest in right now.

These Laraway Boots from ALDO are my current 'I'm totally crushing on you' dream boots. I always tend to go for brown boots rather than black and I think these are the kind of footwear that you'd wear walking through muddy fields, snowy streets and just on your way to the pub. No one has to know that you're wearing stupid Hello Kitty socks underneath.

The best thing about Aldo is that they do half-sizes. I'm not a size 6. I'm a 5 1/2, but I often ruin my little feet in shoes slightly too big for me (oh, hai squished toes, what a bloody joy you are). Kat will be very pleased to discover that they go up to a 9 1/2. These are basically boots of dreamy dreams. They're £120, and I don't want to go down the whole 'but think of the cost per wear yaddayaddayadda' mantra. I've been compromising on cheap leather recently and it's just not cutting it. If I'm going to buy a new pair of boots, I think investing a little more in them is a good idea. My toes deserve it, they're blimmin' freezing today.