When the bad weather hits, and hits bad, all a girl wants to do is curl up in bed with her laptop and a cuppa tea and shop online for shoes. Right? (*Chirp*). Ahem.

The experience is even sweeter if you can find some nice deals to brighten your day. Because I’m generous like that and want to spread the good cheer of shoes to all womankind, I’m going to share with you some coupons on Barefoot Tess, a wonderful shoe site which you should all go visit right now.

First: Chie Mihara Lumi!  An expensive, but extremely cool T-strap flat, alluringly gleaming in all kinds of awesome. Type in the discount code LUMI to get 30% off these beautiful shoes ($315 retail price).

Then, there’s a chance to stock up for next summer, alas, with the Dolce Vita “Nimbus” flats. They are already reduced to $24.00, but you can have them for $15.00 dollars by typing in NIMBUS at checkout. They’re practically free, is all I’m saying. (Also available in deliciously vintage-y red-and-white stripes.) If you’re in the mood for something more season appropriate and less flirty, try this Matt Bernson Clinton wedge. You can save $70 off the regular $175 purchase price by typing CLINTON at checkout.

Finally, a shoe I’ve almost bought: Loeffler Randall “Mina” flats - available in silver or black. Type MINA for 40% off the list price. They’re originally $360, so your price would be (*calculates at lightning speed*) $216. Not bad at all!

Happy bargain shopping, shoe lovers!

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So, we’re all a bit obsessed with boots these days.

So sue us.

Even though fall doesn’t quite seem to be arriving on schedule (at least here on the East Coast), we’re still ready for it.

And Life&Style is here to help us out this week with a feature that’s right up our comfort/fashion alley.

I’m sure everyone can find at least one boot on this page that they covet. Most of us can probably pick several.

Let’s play an internet-based version of a game my friends and I play with physical magazines. On the count of three, click on the thumbnail below and point to the one pair of boots you’d pick if you could have any of these boots handed to you.

One.

Two.

Three.

What did you pick? For me, it’s the Matt Bernson brown leather boots with the snaps in the last row.

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I think I’ve confessed somewhere that for me, the greatest style challenge in terms of shoes I’ve taken this year–and loved it–was to incorporate more peep-toes into my wardrobe. And peep-toes it was–colorful or somber, in several great shapes and heel heights, and they felt and looked great.

And so it is that I’ve developed a little mini-obsession (as if a shoe fetish wasn’t enough), a sub-obsession, if you will, with interesting peep-toes. Which is the reason why I fell in love immediately and completely with these Matt Bernson ‘Delancy’ flats, with an oval, coquettish, and studded peep-toe detail:

Aren’t they great? Of course they are! They’ll be $189 at Barefoot Tess come September 5th, when they’re actually shipped out. Simply studilicious!

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