monday mumbo-jumbo!

Hey, hey, hey y'all! Happy Monday! (kinda)

Unfortunately, I have to go back to work today :( I'm not looking forward to the probably 538 lbs. of laundry that I'm gonna have to do...but I have missed my sweet kiddies! 

Also, I have not one, but TWO tests tomorrow. And I have no idea what time I will be working until tonight, so needless to say, it's gonna be a very long night for this chick.

i don't have as many books as she does, but you get the picture.

 BUT, there is at least one happy thing about this Monday. It's the beginning of a short week! This Friday is Good Friday which = no school for me! Hallelujah, praise the good lord Jesus. No, but really...cause Easter is Sunday ;) 

one of my favorite holidays! :)

 And one more thing...my lovely boyfriend's sweet, sweet mama's birthday falls on Easter this year! Happy Early 62nd Birthday to Mrs. Queen! :D

the sweetest lady you will ever meet!

Moving on...I would like to give you all a HUGE (in my opinion) piece of advice. If you ever buy something and just a few short months later it breaks/malfunctions/whatever, and you contact the supplier and they act as if they can't do anything about it...DON'T believe them. Don't even think about believing them. Here is my story:
Back in November (Black Friday, to be exact), I bought a lovely pair of boots from Bakers shoe store. I had been looking for the perfect pair of over-the-knee, cognac colored, wedge-heeled, semi-inexpensive boots that would fit over my 16 1/2 inch calves (gasp, I know. they're monstrous). Anyways, I finally had all of my necessities met in these beauties....

and they're surprisingly very comfortable, too.

Well, our relationship had been going quite well until last Tuesday when I was getting ready to go out to dinner with friends, I put them on and started walking across the room to put my jewelry on and it feel like my heel was getting caught on the carpet. So I pulled off my boot to investigate...and found the the entire heel had begun to separate from the bottom of the shoe!! I was furious. And naturally, I had to look at the other boot too and the same thing was happening! It had gotten as bad yet, but it was getting there. I paid a little over $100 for these boots which is a big deal for me (I don't usually pay over $50 for shoes, unless they're tennis shoes or Jack Rogers - my guilty pleasure). Anyways, I was expecting them to last a lot longer than just 4 months if I paid that much for them! So I wrote a nice e-mail to Bakers asking if they offered a shoe repair service, and they replied to me with a simple "no, we do not..blah blah blah take them to a local shoe repair store". I was NOT having that. So I replied, with a little more anger, that I was not satisfied with their answer and would like either an exchange or full refund or even credit to the store. They said they would contact me soon....and this morning I got a phone call that told me to come into the store and I could either exchange them or get store credit...BOO-YAH!! I was so excited. I'm not usually one to put up a fight over these things because I try to be understanding...but I was not having that this time. And it worked!! I'm super proud of myself for not backing down and getting what I want. Now, the big question is...do I get the same pair of boots or a different pair?!
What would you guys do? Please help me out! 
Here are some other current options available at Bakers...

ZOOM boots, cognac, $99.99

Tapley sandals, bone, $60.00

Midtown wedge, taupe, $39.99 (a fab deal)

Boardwalk wedge heel, black suede, $62.00

Help!! What do y'all think? Ditch the boots that I searched so hard for and get another super cute pair of shoes, or get the same boots and risk them letting me down again??

Always, 
Haley