Suz : thank you for your warm enthusiastic welcome, don't worry you don't scare me off, I'm already addicted to the cheerleading and will come asking for more
Lisap : we'll have a mini-meet-up in Paris this Summer, I hope (with Shevia), you're invited, come and be my friend
Sheila : aha, you've got a keen eye for luxury the merlot ones are from Bally. No, don't go to their website, you'll keel over when you see the prices. If you can find them heavily discounted : pounce, they're great quality.
Angie : no, I don't have a light jacket, I know it's a wardrobe hole.
Aida : I feel you're a second stylist around here, you always come up with great ideas. I love the idea of rust with blush, but I don't have rust right now. I tried the jeans with the blush sweater, they're the same hue, but I didn't like it - I suffer from pajama syndrome, I don't like columns of colours (I mean, on me, of course).
Staysfit (a daunting screenname) : thank you. I brush my shoes after each wear. I use shoetrees. I don't wear my shoes 2 days in a row. I clean, then cream, them at the end of the season, or after they've taken heavy rain. I don't use polish.
It doesn't snow, but it does rain. Leather can take rain, no problem. But they're not waterproof against heavy rain, so when it's really raining cats&dogs, I wear my storm-welted boots.