Keep the shoes we'll take the box

 

 

 

"Keep the shoes, we'll take the box"

is what my dad would tell the shoe sales-man whenever I needed a new pair of shoes.  You see, my feet are as wide as they are long......I am serious.  Finding shoes to fit me was impossible when I was young.   So in order to have something to wear other than shoe boxes, or Kleenex boxes ( they already have a hole cut in the top and come in prettier colors) I always buy my, somebody else broke them in, worn and stretched, two or three sizes to big, boots from the thrift store. 

 Yes, I even wear men's boots to church.

 

The pair above was a recent score at the local thrift store

 

 

I actually have quite the collection of men's boots, but these are my favorite. 

 

retro boots from the seventies, had a pair like this when I was in High School

 

This pair is waiting for me at the farm.  I'll wear them while I am trudging behind the hand-tiller,

and they will protect my feet while I am shearing sheep. They will deflect  the sharp spiky thorns from a kazillion tumble weeds as I walk down the lane to the farm.

They smash rodents with a single stomp and don't mind getting covered in mud.  They would gladly tromp on stink bugs if I would let them, and they are always ready for an adventure.

 

Don't know what I'm going to do when they wear out.......

 

I think

 

 I'll just have to retire.