it's a shoe-in.
last year's Fabulous Shoe purchase was a pair of green point-ished-toed slingback heels. they even trumped the wedding shoe purchase, just by being green (and slightly more versatile).

2004's Fabulous Shoe purchase has already been made, barely 1/12th of the way into the year. brown, faux-ther four inch heels. they hurt a bit, but i really can't explain how groovy i feel when i wear them. FOUR INCHES!

i spent my entire junior high and high school experience in converse all-stars (with no socks). senior year, i bought a pair of one-stars to spice things up. in college, i started buying the white and navy jack purcell's, and tossed in a few mary janes and sandals. i was a non-conformist from head to toe. it wasn't until the day of my third date with erik that i bought a pair of boots with heels. tall boots - the kind with the zipper that goes all the way up your calf. all of a sudden, i felt wild. i was so sick of the non-conformism. i ended up buying another pair - this pair slightly closer to the hooker end of the Tall Boot Spectrum than the prior pair - stretchy faux-ther (thus, form-fitting) and black. they're almost shiny from the faux-ness and the stretchiness. hence, hooker.

those two pairs of boots remained my only high-heeled shoes for a good few years. until i swore off leather and needed a new pair of shoes. i discovered the amazing genre of Cheap Shoes. they're fake (rather, "all man made materials"), cheap, and glorious. the best part is i can say i'm not buying these shoes because i'm cheap, i'm buying them because i don't wear leather.

anyway. the 4" heels own. i'm still too wussy to wear them with a skirt to work, though. you know, what with that pesky hooker end of the spectrum to worry about and all.