Okay, I remembered what I wanted to confess last week. Took me until the weekend but I got there! The confession is that I prefer to do stalls in paddock boots because they have smaller treads on the soles. When I do stalls in my winter boots the treads grab all the shavings and track them absolutely everywhere making a mess once I walk out of the stall. Drives me bananas! So I clean stalls in paddock boots, then switch to something else to climb through the snow to pick paddocks. In the summer I just stick to paddock boots for the whole process. Trouble is, stall muck is TERRIBLE for paddock boots. Rots the leather pretty quickly. So I thought I'd get some rubber boots that LOOK like paddock boots.
Unfortunately, the tread is super deep, and I kind of hate them for that. I'll probably throw them in the trailer because they would be very useful at horse shows. So I guess I'm back to destroying paddock boots until I find a better alternative. I may look at some of the synthetic ones out there, but my past experience with synthetic leather boots ripped me feet up. I think they've made great advancements in materials since then though. So we'll see. For now, I'm not allowed to buy anything until I get caught up from everything breaking around here.
Do you have any weird reasons for choosing a particular footwear? This very much might be a me problem.
I have a dedicated pair of barn sneakers because I haaate wearing boots of any kind. I keep a pair og muck boots in my locker to throw on if it's muddy, but as soon as I'm back in the barn the sneakers go right back on.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me feel better, I'm not alone!
DeleteI drive everyone, including my husband, completely insane with my gumboot habit. I literally go out and buy the cheapest, nastiest waterproof boots at the feed store and will happily wear them EVERYWHERE. Hubby cannot even lol
ReplyDeleteHaha! Hey that sounds cost effective. I like it!
DeleteIdk I feel like my same leather boots in high school and college lasted forever — despite constant chores and neglect. Now tho I actually stopped buying blundstones bc they kept disintegrating after less than two years :(
ReplyDeleteThis is also very true. They sure don't use the same quality of materials that they did back in the day.
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