autumn-winter wishlist: part 1

this season my fashion desires seem to consist almost entirely of boots and coats, with a bit of tights and other odds and ends thrown in. i find myself developing an almost fanatical longing for anything foot or coat related, and so consequently have these whizzing round my brain all day long. part 1 is dedicated to boots. as you can see i may have to narrow my choices down slightly as i cannot afford to spend my entire months wages on footwear (as much as i would like to).

i wanted these bad boys on my uniform this past SS, but nowhere would blady give me them as they sold out pretty much everywhere in a size 4, which was monstrously irritating. so you can imagine my delight when i found them on the vintage part of the website! i bet you any money i won't end up buying them because they are obviously intended for summer and not winter, but the thought that they are at last available is nice. standard black military boots, definite winter must-have. i keep meaning to get these on this season's uniform but haven't got round to it yet. definitely want to wear these with a cocktail dress in the inappropriate manner that i enjoy (i regularly team nice dresses with nike high-tops - very lily allen i know but i can't help it. it's made all the more unfortunate by the fact that i recently decided to get a thick fringe cut, and harbour a penchant for large gold earrings.. oh dear).

these are quite like some that i saw in elle this month, which were apparantly from urban outfitters - except that i can't find them in there. or on the website. i can't find the picture on the elle website actually so instead i have found this pair which are from asos just not as nice. the more i look at this pair the cheaper they look which is vair vair annoying as the other ones really didn't look cheap... anyway i want to wear them with a pretty chiffon or crepe dress in a light rose kind of colour and some ribbed or ripped tights, topped off with my amazing leather/fur coat.

it fills me with shame to divulge the information that this pair are actually from river island. i can't help but have an extremely middle-class kind of snobbery when it comes to this shop; i am filled with an extreme sense of dread and uncontrollable visions of dimante'd denim and body-con ruched jersey whenever i hear the name. unfortunately i really cannot help loving these, so i may actually have to break my aversion to the place and venture inside. damn you elle magazine.

but most of all i neeeeed a pair of stupendous amazing fantastic heeled, laced, tan boots from office that i saw in (once again) elle (what is it with me and elle magazine this week?). but alas i can find them NOWHERE. i have ventured on too many occasions in too short a space of time into the shop to hunt for the prodigal shoes, questioned shop assistants galore and scoured the internet in the hope of making them mine, but to no avail. woe is me.