This is the way I broke the news to Mark.
I called him at work.
“Do you want the good news or the bad news,” I asked. (It’s only fair.)
“What’s the bad news?”
“I spent a lot of money.”
“Ok. What’s the good news?”
“I finally bought some winter boots!”
“So, the good news and the bad news are essentially the same?”
Good quality footwear costs money. I have learned this lesson, several times over. A couple of years ago I spent (I’m guessing here) around $90.00 for a pair of big winter boots. I quickly regretted that purchase. They were big, clunky, ugly, and they didn’t even keep my feet warm. I double-socked it as long as I could, and when one of the seams started ripping apart I knew I couldn’t go another season.
I threw them out at the end of last winter. So far I’ve been winterbootless, just wearing ankle-high unlined dress boots with wool socks.
I have been desperately wanting boots that were sleek, stylish, leather (not suede – hello road salt!) and warm. I’ve been searching high and low. It seemed these boots did not exist. Today, I found them, AND they were on sale. But it still hurt to shell out as much as I did for them. I spent exactly $100 more than I had planned.
Yippee!
The fact that I love them so much, and that they’re waterproof, and warm, and Canadian made (by one of “the last family-owned Canadian shoe factories“) and that they’re kicky and cool and very-much-like-me-kind-of-boots that will last me a long time… well, that makes me happy.
Another thing struck off my list. I feel my load lightening already.
