Maremy's Blog

A sad thing has happened. These well-weathered shoes you see pictured have been thrown in the garbage. Let me tell you a bit about these shoes.

I don't know exactly when I got them, but I am pictured wearing them in 1995 during a trip to out to Alberta. They certainly weren't new then either so my best guess dates them back to around 1993. Over fifteen years ago.

I wore these shoes to school, work and pretty much any other time I left the house. After they were a little too old to be wearing to work, I still wore them when I was out and about because they were really comfortable and easy to slip on. I really should have replaced them about seven or eight years ago. They've went through countless re-lacings (the laces pictured are only about a year old) and the insides are really bad. In fact, there are detached pieces that sometimes slide around. It got to the point four or five years ago where I couldn't wear them in the rain anymore because of a hole in the sole of the right shoe. Well, that and the sole themselves began detaching from the rest of the shoe.

They were expensive shoes. I believe they were purchased at Wuerth's for about $150. About six months ago, I bought a pair of $9 blue slip-ons at Wal-Mart, and since then they all but supplanted them. Mary's been begging me to get rid of them for some time, and although I had intentions of doing so a few times, they've sat in the closet - until last Thursday.

We were gathering up items to take to the local landfill so I grabbed the shoes and took some final pictures. We loaded the truck and were off. When we returned, we came inside and I laughed. I had forgotten to throw the shoes in the garbage bag after taking the pictures. They had lived to see another day!

Mary promptly walked over and threw them in the garbage can outside...