Warming up to Red

Anyone who has spent any time at all with me knows I hate the color red.  And by any time, I mean within the first minutes of meeting me.  I know, a little weird, and I couldn't tell you exactly why, but I've just really never liked the color.  Maybe with the exception of a Christmas-themed ensemble, red has never even entered my wardrobe.  So I'm going to go out on a limb here by saying there are two red things I want for fall: lipstick and shoes.  Okay, not too daring, but hey, after 30 years of despising a color, the fact that I might actually decorate some part of my body with it is a pretty big deal.  My inspirations:

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