My Cowboy Boots
You surely know that if you live in Texas you have to have had a pair of cowboy boots at some time in your life! I was born and raised in Paris, Texas. I lived there until 1946 when I moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana.When I was a sophomore in high school I saw these white cowboy boots and I set my mind to getting them. They were expensive even for that time. I finally begged my mother long enough that she broke down and let me buy them.
I wore them to school and I found out that they were not the most comfortable shoes I had ever worn! But I looked up to date and western and that was what mattered.
I felt very chic in the boots and loved them in spite of their toe-pinching and heel- rubbing pains. Gradually, I adjusted to the pains and I could wear them without too much hurting!
After the novelty wore off and I found out how much white shoe polish and how much elbow grease it took to keep them looking their best I did lose the zest for wearing them all the time. Eventually, they found their way to the back of the closet where, in the end, they were forgotten. I had had my 15 minutes of fame with my white cowboy boots and I returned to my comfortable old loafers!
posted by kyra lafain @ 4/29/2008 01:00:00 PM
1 Comments:
I always loved boots -- not just cowboy boots, but any kind of boots. Unfortunately, my foot was very narrow, and my shoes had to come from the pricier stores that carried my odd size. I usually had only one or two pairs of shoes at a time, and I wore them until they were worn out, then I could get another pair. I remember getting only one pair of boots in my life, and that was after I married. But those boots were quite comfortable, and I wore them until they just couldn't be worn anymore.
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