red or aubergine?

I'm turning into a clothing whore.

Today I returned the coat that fit funny and tried on two coats that are vastly different from each other. One is a red pea coat-style made of something that reminds me of a low nap muppet. The other is a deep purple (aubergine, if you will) that is slightly dressier, longer, more buttoney. I can't decide between them.

Unfortunately, I asked my co-workers which I should keep and they, unhelpfully, suggested I should keep both. I evidently asked the wrong people; now that I think about it, I rarely see either of them wearing the same thing more than once... Around 74% of the people on this floor seem to have a thing for shoes. I'm not complaining; just saying.

I'll assess by wearing them around the house and maybe, if I get really motivated, will take a picture and post for people to vote on. I've got 90 days to make up my mind.

Today I also bought some rather attractive heels from the Bay. They're having a weird mid-week sale, which I'm not complaining about at all, since the shoes wound up being $35. I need to learn how to walk in heels; I sound like a clunky elephant when I walk, missing just the music that accompanies all elephants and morbidly obese people. Not to say I'm morbidly obese, nor an elephant; just that I walk as loudly as one.