A cold day in June

 
Normally, by this time in June, I would have been wearing summer outfits for several weeks, but the air conditioning temperature at work, combined with some unseasonably cold weather, has had me wearing nothing but pants and cardigans. I blame that for why I haven't posted an OOTD in two whole weeks (am I going to have to start calling them OOTTW's?).

Friday was no exception to the unrelenting cold (by cold, I mean lows in the high 50's and highs in the low-mid 70's—in other words, perfectly acceptable to most people, but not optimal weather for my preferred wardrobe of sleeveless tops and sandals), but it turns out that the chilly weather actually worked in my favor for once, because it enabled me to wear these thigh-high boots embroidered with stars.

 

 

These tricky shoes have proven almost unwearable since I got them late last summer, since peep toes are usually incompatible with the kind of weather that suits thigh-high boots. But I figured for an night that would start out in the low 70's and drop into the upper 50's, I could probably get away with covered legs and bare toes.

Over the boots, I wore an old standby: my halter-neck LBD that I've been occasionally throwing on for nights out since 2014.

Since a celestial theme was practically mandatory with boots like those, I also wore a pair of star dangle earrings and some star barrettes in my (unusually voluminous thanks to an overnight updo) hair. 

 

 

This is one of my my more painful outfits in recent memory—half of my toes now have a blister on top from where the opening of the shoe rubbed them. I got enough compliments on the boots to make them worth the suffering, but I still stand by my opinion that peep toes are not for me! I'll be selling these shoes at the first opportunity!