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27 janvier 06

This week.

We’re right in the middle of the winter sales at the moment. Les soldes are a bi-annual, month-long event the starting and end date of which are set down by the authorities every year. It’s the only time when stores are allowed to sell for a loss, and you can find astonishing bargains, in particular for clothes. Which, in an expensive city like Paris, counts for a lot.

I don’t deal that well with crowds, so I skipped the last few soldes. But this time around, my wardrobe having reached a worrying low, I took a deep breath and plunged in. I had to traipse across town anyway, for other reasons, every day of this week. And being severely underemployed has, at least, the advantage of making it possible to shop when most people can’t and thus avoid the Saturday rush. (Even outside les soldes, Saturdays in shopping areas can make you loose your mind.)

Tuesday and Wednesday were lovely sunny and cold winter days, so I even enjoyed it. Tuesday was shoe-buying day (Wednesday and today I took care of pants and tops). And one thing is clear, this year’s winter sales are great for buying shoes. I got two pairs for just over 25 € each:

my new shoes

I tried on about a dozen before deciding on these two—one other pair tugged on my heartstrings, but its size 36 was, as usual, just a little too small, and size 37 unavailable. It was only after I got home and unpacked them that I realized that I probably ended up with one model I had admired on my friend K’s feet some days earlier.

one of my new shoes

These came from a single store, but every place I looked at had fantastic shoes, very reasonably priced. I fell in love with a pair of ankle boots, black with flat soles and lots of purple stripes sewn on them. But they were still priced at 89 € ... and two new pairs are quite enough, right?

Oh, and I wore the brown ones Wednesday. Big mistake: never ever wear new shoes on a serious shopping expedition, however comfortable they may feel when you first try them on.

 

  1. Katie :: 31 octobre, 21:55 :: # ::

    Oh là là. Where’d you find those, what brand are they, and what style name/number? I’d like to get me some on the internet! They’re gettin’ close to potentially comfy and breaking the bounds of “femininity” (that way we dress to get by inthe world) without ACTUALLY losing any of my privilege. :-P

    And sadly, when I was in Paris, I never found any shoes during the summer Soldes that fit this description. Good on you for shopping well.

    Also sadly, I can no longer quickly write this comment in French like I could’ve 2 years ago, just after I lived in Paris.

  2. Katie :: 31 octobre, 21:56 :: # ::

    Oh là là. Where’d you find those, what brand are they, and what style name/number? I’d like to get me some on the internet! They’re gettin’ close to potentially comfy and breaking the bounds of “femininity” (that way we dress to get by inthe world) without ACTUALLY losing any of my privilege. :-P

  3. Katie :: 31 octobre, 22:59 :: # ::

    Ack. I still didn’t get my “a href” comment through! Why’d it just post the first half of my last comment? Grrrr.

    Anyway, I guess A HREF tags aren’t allowed?

    And is a “balise” a “tag?”

    http://kitkatscritique.blogspot.com/2006/10/holy-gamoley-why-didnt-i-think-of-that.html

Textile can be used in comments · Vous pouvez utiliser les balises Textile · Aide Textile (english)