<human>: To make a long story short, I am a [21M], a senior in college, and never had a girlfriend. My friend has been helping boost my confidence so that I could eventually ask a girl out. I have also been doing a lot of reading about confidence boosting and now I have been feeling really good in terms of confidence. 

Basically there is this girl I would like to get to know. I believe she is a freshman. I notice that she sits in the same spot every morning for an hour or so before her class because I pass her when I enter the building. I have the confidence to talk to her but I am not sure how to open in this situation. If this was in class it would be easy to talk to her about homework or whatever. The only thing that I can observe about her is her shoes. They are really colorful and that is what drew my attention to her in the first place. The only thing I could think of would be to sit by her and comment "Hey I like your shoes, they're really colorful." I just don't know where to go from there if she gives me a basic response with nothing to follow up with. If I can get her talking I can introduce myself, then ask her like what class you waiting for, major, commuter/resident etc. Just getting the ball rolling is where my issue is. I just don't want to walk up and say my name is ___. Any advice on how to open? Will the shoe comment work?

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<bot>: Saw a girl I would like to get to know but not sure how to open the conversation. Once I get it going I can handle it.