I was on the fence about the tall boot trend. Like the Manti
Te’O catfish scandal, I found all of the hullaballoo a bit confusing. And kind
of tacky, especially when teenie boppers wear the boots with knee high socks
poking up out of the top. Is this not like wearing Spanx outside one’s dress?
But then I was talking to my 65 year old mother who said she
was in the market for some tall boots, and if your AARP-qualifying mother is
sporting a trend, certainly you can. So I went to the mall and tracked some
down.
I’m a convert. I LOVE my tall boots. And wear them pretty
much every chance I get… which included a day with some unseasonably snowy
weather earlier this week. At the end of the day, there sat my pride & joy
boots, soaked and sad looking.
I know there’s special boot storage gear one can buy. This
gear stores your boots upright and is supposed to prolong their life. What this
gear does not prolong is the health
of your wallet because it costs a fortune. And who wants to spend a fortune on
gear that no one even sees?
The good news is that you don’t have to. One of the blogs I
follow is called copycat.chic.com. Last year Ms. Copycat Chic had a terrific
recommendation for effective & inexpensive boot storage. She rolls a
magazine up so that it looks like a paper towel roll, and she jams this in her
boot. It causes the boots to stand up and not slump over. Genius!
The better news is that if you use an old magazine this
storage strategy costs nothing… which means you can go out and spend the money
you saved on something else… like more recent magazines that will explain the
Manti Te’O scandal in further detail, which will keep you as current and on
trend as your boots suggest.
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