When on a buying trip, what does Tracy do with her free time--more shopping! Anyone who tells you they work in retail/fashion and does not like to at least window shop during their free time should change careers. To me, true passion is having such an infatuation with something that it consumes not only your career but your personal time and thoughts as well. Since I happened to be in Paris, I decided to go to the world renound Colette Paris boutique. Colette is a visually stunning boutique filled with unusual clothes, accesories, cosmetics, books and nicknacks of all prices. The first floor of Colette houses an array of intersting pieces like vintage shoes, clever books, colored headphones, Japanese "street gear.". The newest addition to the iconic Colette boutique was a collection of items from the Peanuts gang. Customers can spend hours browsing while listening to an in-house DJ and even grabbing a bite to eat at the cafe downstairs. On the second floor of the boutique the level of merchandise, and price point, goes up. Their are a couple racks of clothing, but the floor is littered with manequins fully styled with the latest couture. For instance, you may see a manequin dressed in the season's latest Prada dress topped with a Balmain jacket and Miu Miu shoes. Colette shows us not only the latest clothes but also offers a vision of how they should be worn. While many consumers find the Colette boutique to be more of a place to see than to buy--I somehow managed to do a little of both. Here are the highlights of what I picked up at Colette. I was drawn to a new perfume line called Byredo Parfums. I chose two scents that had an equally appealing name and smell--Fantastic Man and Gypsy Water. I also snagged a vintage pair of moon boots. This purchase was driven by my youth when my mother used to make me wear moon boots every time it snowed. At the time I thoguht they were hiddeous and would take them off the second I got on to the school bus. Now I have decided to embrace them. Finally I purchased a couple cool coffee table books along with an inspirational lighter that says "quit smoking." Shamed to admit I couldn't resist a snow globe of the Eiffel Tower--don't tell anyone.