Happy Valentine’s Day y’all. Shannon (@nanlawson) bought me these new Bass shoes for V-Day! She is the best best. She also got me a gift certificate to Jackthreads, my new favorite online shoppy shop.

I’m wearing them with my Valentine sweater and camel jacket, both I got thrifted for around $17 each.

In the first picture, you’ll see my go-to sneakers for the past year: a pair of Penguins that I found at DSW. They were one of the most comfortable pair of shoes I ever had. I wore them when I trekked around Israel, when I walked around Disneyland (or anywhere, for that matter), when it rained, when it snowed. Now they look like this.

Ratty ratty ratty. I blame myself. Which is why I plan on taking some goddamn good care of the second photo: My new pair of shoes! They are cordovan Pro-Keds 69ers. And the price was pretty great, JackTrends was having a shoe sale today, and with another discount added at the last minute, I only had to pay shipping (eight bucks!). I’m a little worried they might come in big, since my shoe size tends to change every time I buy a new pair, but I’m excited in any case.

The choice of color I’ll get into in a later post.