a sad day for shoes

i like shoes.

and when i find a pair i really like i completely wear them out. (once i took in my old birkenstocks for new ones. there was quite literally a hole in the heel. i mean you could see through it.)

today i decided it's time to part with TWO pairs of shoes. a very sad day.

I wore both these pairs in mexico. this basically means they're worn out. mostly because i only had a few pairs of shoes there (i think 4) so i wore them everyday for a year. I tried sewing up the holes in my shoes... it never worked very well.

i bought this pair of simple shoes my senior year of college and it was a big purchase for me. i wore them out! the sole was coming off the rest of the shoe... woops.
all their shoes are made from recycled materials. i actually did an advertising campaign project about the company (in college).
oh sentimental.

my first pair of toms. my friend, sarah, gave them to me as a going away gift. oh did i love these shoes. which is part of the reason i held on to them so long.

i'm going to take them both to recycle them so new things can be made out of them.

the happy news.
i splurged and bought a new pair of simple shoes.

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