Winter’s coming. And I’ve been needing some new ankle boots to replace my beloved but dead ones. So I went hunting around. In the end it came down to two pairs of boots I found on shoes.com. I ordered them; they came over a couple of days as two separate packages.

TWO BOOTS ENTER. ONE BOOTS LEAVES

On the left, we have the Josef Seibel Tina 42 in black. On the right is the Rieker Peggy 98 in dark blue.

The Tina is comfortable. The Peggy is a little big; I’d have to return it and size down if I was going to go with it. It’s also got this incredibly comfy soft fabric interior that makes me feel really happy to put them on.

Shape-wise, I think I like the Tina a lot more. The small heel and the pointy toe make a great silhouette. I would really like them both a bit more if the top was a little higher; my old boots go up a couple of inches higher. Leggings plus boots looks a lot better when there isn’t a gap of naked ankle flesh on display, in my opinion.

I’m not ecstatic with either pair, to be honest. But fall is sporadically happening and I need boots.

Alternatively I could make another attempt at having my beloved Steve Madden boots resoled. They are ludicrous things covered in spurious belts with excess bling and I just love them. I tried getting them resoled but they quickly began separating at the heel.

I mean really. Look at that monstrosity next to these other two. It says FUCK YOU I’M A WITCH. Not that the little black Tina doesn’t have witch cred either.

I dunno. Today it’s sandal weather. I can let the back of my head mull this over a while longer.