You almost have to laugh at the irony.

Less than 24 hours after I finally posted by "new winter boots" story, what do I notice?

The seam was coming un-stitched on the new ones!

Seriously? Yes. Seriously.

I was on my way out the door - heading to the mall (January is great for sales and I had a few things I wanted to get for the girls) so I didn't stop to change the boots, I just kept going.

After some shopping, I stopped in at Aldo to ask if they would do anything about my little problem.

The sales girls were actually awesome. No need to get pumped up, no need for incredible negotiation skills or even a little rage. They offered to order a new pair for me again (not having my size in the store) but that would mean that I'd have leave in my socks (which in Montreal, in the winter... was not going to happen) and they introduced me to some different but similar models (in hopes of not seeing me again!) that I could exchange the ones I was wearing for...

So it would seem that my little love affair with my full price winter boots has officially been squashed - the flame has been put out.

I now I have NEW new winter boots. I'm happy. The new ones are cute too and I like them... for real. But to be completely honest I'm a little sad all the same. I really loved those boots (they were SO comfortable!). And it's really unfair that I know someone with the exact same ones (but in black) and she has them for longer with NO problems. Sigh...

I guess it just wasn't meant to be!