Coffee Break: Riley Heels
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If you've been reading a while, you know that for years I was kind of obsessed with purple pumps. We did entire roundups! Hunts! Just on purple heels! Except (as readers noted) they were always kind of wine-colored like this pretty heel, regardless of what I called them.
Then, much to my dismay, it became hard to find both wine-colored pumps and truly purple pumps. But right now there are a number of purplish heels out there… so color me excited.
This pump from Favorite Daughter looks great — I love the deep, winey “Bordeaux” color to the suede. The shoe is $275 at Nordstrom; you can also get it in red suede, black patent, and beige patent.
Sales of note for 8/21:
- Ann Taylor – 25% off fresh fall styles! Also, there's an online-only warehouse sale — $20 tops, $25 sweaters, $30 pants, and $40
- CVS – Epic beauty sale, $10 off when you spend $30 (Walmart is having its “Beauty Event” as well right now!)
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns
- J.Crew – Last chance summer styles on sale
- J.Crew Factory – 8/21 only: 50% off pants and shorts, and free shipping on all orders
- J.McLaughlin – Extra 40% off sale
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70%
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of new pieces added to sale (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clearance, new markdowns up to 75% off! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Revolve – 20% off most beauty!
- Talbots – End of season clearance, extra 70% off markdown tops and extra 60% off other markdowns
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
Is anyone wearing shoes with a nearly 4” heel these days? My feet have “voted with their feet” and I am out!
Dolly Parton would have. RIP Legend :-(
CNN has a nice write up on her.
Kate Middleton is. I’m 43 and have officially opted out of the high heel game.
I barely wear anything other than sneakers these days.
i’m doing Strong Lifts but I’m not sure what to do with the days off. a lot of the aerobics that i like have squats and other strength training built in. any recommendations for aerobics with good music, easy to learn steps, and a good cardio for days between Strong Lifts?
what are your favorite recipes for a surplus of cherry tomatoes? going to have to start giving some to friends.
If you run out of friends, I froze a bunch, and I’ve been just tossing them defrosted into soups, salads, eggs, and pasta dishes. I feel they’re actually a little more versatile when frozen and defrosted (I wouldn’t toss a fresh cherry tomato into all of the same dishes). They’d probably work on pizza too.
As for using them up fresh, I like them best in fattoush or Greek salad. But recently I’ve been making buffalo chicken salad and putting a bunch of them in it. I have had mixed results using them in gazpacho, but if you have a recipe you like, it uses up a lot of tomatoes at once.