Lauren is mad at me, because I have all of these nearly interesting things that I could write a post about, but I never remember to take a ‘before’ picture. It’s all about the before picture folks. For instance, wouldn’t this post be a lot more interesting if you could see what my boots looked like, you know, before?
I don’t remember if these boots are 3 or 4 years old, but the soles were wearing out and had become detached in the front. I didn’t know if I wanted to have them resoled as that would cost $85 to $95. They are nice boots, but they were starting to look too shabby to wear everyday (which is how I wear my boots).
Instead, I opted for just getting the toes repaired. That cost $35 at Ole’s Shoe Repair. It looks like they did a nice job, and I suppose these are my emergency backup boots now.
This reminds me of that idea about how poor people can’t afford to buy things that last a long time, so they buy cheaper ones, but then they have to buy a new one sooner, and they end up spending more money over all, and they get poorer. I didn’t say it well. I’ll look for it…
It’s a Terry Pratchett quote! Here it is:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/72745-the-reason-that-the-rich-were-so-rich-vimes-reasoned
Lucky you. We no longer have a repairman in our area. He passed away several years ago. Saddle shop bought his equipment. Guess we have more leather saddles than shoes in this area.
Friends used to say, “We’re too poor to be cheap.”