"I Know" Star Wars Shoes

And right back on that horse we go, swapping out things that don't work quite right for things that do.

Ah, much better. Dang, I need a haircut!

• Blouse - Le Chateau, thrifted; last seen here (4th outfit) in March for our anniversary trip to Vancouver
• Skirt - J. Crew, thrifted; last worn here in September 2015 with much shiny
• Shoes - Irregular Choice "I Know"; gift from Louise this past weekend, and worn here as well 
• Jacket (below) - Lord & Taylor, thrifted; last worn a couple of times on the weekend here 

I loved this blouse in the March capsule - it's really a nice colour and cut, and I like the faux leather trim and the snap detail on the arms and back.

It's funny - when I got this skirt back in July 2015 (I've only worn it one other time - here - aside from the above link) I really struggled with what to wear with it. I tried it with peach, cream and gold. Not very imaginative.

When I looked at it last night, while deciding what skirt to pull into my capsule, I immediately started putting it with the blues and greens and pinks that are dominating my colours right now. And look at that. It works! I loved it with this bright saturated blue.

I'm also happy that it still fits, although it's a smidge big. I can live with it. It's so shiny!

I wore my fluffy coat again as outerwear.

I am completely gaga for this coat. Long coats...love 'em.

The stuff:

When I first posted the pictures of these shoes on the weekend, I totally neglected to mention the name of them - they are called "I Know", after one of the most iconic Star Wars moments (from The Empire Strikes Back). Click here (YouTube short clip) for a refresher.

I saw the original movies when I was 9, 12 and 15. In this movie, the romance between Han and Leia captured my 12-year-old heart, and because we didn't have VCRs then - it was well over a decade before I finally saw the movies again - I owned (and still own) the paperback version.

Original 1980 paperback! Wiki link here

I had a moment of panic when I couldn't find it in our library, but we'd kept all of our SW books together (L and I both owned "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" when we met - it was fate), at the end of the regular fiction.

As you can see, I've had my copy for a long time. I am no longer much of a Garfield fan.

There are also still books with unicorn bookplates in my collection, I admit it. Also Beatrix Potter bookplates.

I haven't read this book in years, and I am nonplussed that it does not have the famous line, Han's cocky "I know." What the?

Edit: Thanks to reader Gai for informing me that Harrison Ford ad-libbed the "I know" line and it worked so well they kept it. This book was based on the story/screenplay, so this is how it was originally supposed to be (and I like it just as much as the classic line).

I happen to know that this is page 179. 

Whoa! That is some seriously cheesy melodrama. This does not stop me from embracing it wholeheartedly. I do love romance.

Romantic bling:

Not surprisingly, my shoes were a huge HUGE hit in the office and at my WW meeting. I giggled all day that I was wearing something so marvelous and showed them to everyone with glee.

• Earrings - thrifted
• Lapis lazuli ring - Wendy Brandes

It's so amazing that a piece of clothing can give you so much happiness.