we live in Halifax, which is in Canada, which means we have this season called winter. so stop complaining that you have to walk in the snow and it will ruin your fucking fancy boots you payed over $200 for. they don’t even look that good. why the hell would you buy super expensive boots that will get hurt in the snow. we live in Canada silly girls
—the smart bitch
This article appears in Feb 26 – Mar 4, 2009.
Too true! Also, if you fall in the ice or snow stop looking for somebody else to blame, just be more careful next time. It’s a learning process! I have some really nice womens short lace up Sorels, in black, really cute, but I had to go to Winnipeg to buy them, good luck finding nice and functional womens footwear in Halifax!
hee-hee.
But don’t they look [hic] good?
I’ve never understood why they even SELL suede boots in NS, you can never wear them outside, they’d be ruined in 10 minutes.
BSB: got my glorious Sorels from the Bargain Basement. My previous boots were also from Sears. They’re the only store I’ve found that actually sells winter boots meant to go out into WINTER.
PAS: You can wear em, you just need to treat them with the right chemicals.
My fiancee has a pair of Merrill winter hikers, which are fully waterproof. I’m actually jealous of them, they’re better than mine, but we do a lot more walking than most in the snow and such, so they’re used heavily.
People are stupid: suede boots aren’t even waterproof! I have a pair of leather flat shoes that are more useful in the snow than the suede boots. At least my shoes are waterproof. What’s the point of buying BOOTS when they drench your feet?
It’s not only the footware, it’s everything else. The short skirts, the inadequate jackets (if any at all), etc so they think they look stylish and then bitch if it’s cold or they get wet. It’s quite amusing.
Just because they’re boots, does not mean they’re meant for bad weather. Some are simply for style purposes. I wear boots ten months of the year-I hate shoes. In the winter I wear winter boots and take my stylish ones with me and change into them at work. Wouldn’t dream of ruining them on our salt encrusted roads and sidewalks.
I suppose younger girs wouldn’t do something like that, it’s not cool. They’d rather slip on the ice and also ruin their boots in our Maritime winters.
Jealous. Jealous. Jealous.
And BTW, a good pair of winter boots (i.e. waterproof, warm, and long lasting) would probably cost more than $200 anyways. Also, there are such thing as suede protectors and leather protectors – both of which I use on my nice boots with decent results. This doesn’t mean I would wear my $400 leather boots in a snowstorm, but I can usually bring them out a few times a week, no problem.
But are your suede boots waterproof, hellakitty?
Wearing fashion boots is one thing, but when people (mostly women) wear inappropriate footwear for the weather they just prove to the world how fucking stupid you are. It’s winter, it’s Canada i.e.: it’s a pretty safe bet that on any given day it’ll snow or there’s snow/slush already on the ground. And if someone complains about the streets/weather and they’re wearing non-appropriate footwear I wouldn’t necessarily be too upset if someone punched them in the face, in fact, I’d probably give that person a cookie for their efforts.
true story….
those ill-prepared deserve the scuffs and weathering/bruising they get when they choose “looking good whilst falling down” over wearing something that will keep you up walking and dry.
I don’t mind if the stupid girls want to wear their high heeled inappropriate club boots outside with their spike heels on sheet ice. But what I do mind is their self-righteous sneers when they spy me who is equally attractive waiting for a bus wearing my $29 weather appropriate, waterproof with proper treads and ice nubs that help when you are walking on a skating rink that used to be a sidewalk before winter hit. I may laugh (secretly) at your choice of foot wear but you hopefully would have bigger things to worry about than what I am wearing on my feet. About 2 weeks ago I was waiting for a bus on Barrington and I could not help but notice a young fashionista who was scanning the crowd and kept coming back to me, the only one wearing proper boots and half grinning half glaring at my boots, making faces and raising her eyebrows at me. I pretended not to notice her but I could see her quite well through my sunglasses. When I got on the bus she sat across from me and did the same thing, once overing me and then resting on the boots, smiling. I looked down at my boots wondering what the attraction was, and noticed they were a little dirty and salt caked probably adding to her mirth. Guess what ya stupid b*tch, I hope you fall and bust your ugly mug and split your face open with that inappropriate foot wear. I don’t care if you don’t like my winter boots and they aren’t asthetically pleasing to you lol. PS the guys (or dirtbags) that were checking you out at the bus stop were totally gross and scary and i’m glad they didn’t notice me – I don’t want to be a target of an attack, someone like you is easy pickins, its not like you could run in those princess boots lol. Here’s a little secret for you, if you had any class (what a concept) you would not wear expensive foot wear outside period. Even in summer time. The best footwear advice I ever received was from a modelling instructor who had been a runner up for Miss Canada years ago. She said that when she bought an expensive pair of heels they would never see outside, maybe from the curb to the cab but absolutely no walking. She had a velvet pouch to carry her indoor shoes in and they never saw gravel, or dirt. Take a lesson from a classy lady and save your boots for inside the club or in the office and wear appropriate outdoor wear in its natural setting, outdoors. Besides, if you really were as great as you think you are, why are you walking or taking the bus, guess you’re not as big a deal as you think you are…
I have a really cute pair of winter boots. Theyre lined, and good to negative thirty and Oh Man, youll never believe it – but they have a nice square toe and under jeans look, IMO, great. People check me out at bus stops (or so I like to believe 😛 ) but not cause theyre thinking to themselves ‘How the hell is she going to make it over that snowbank?!’.
Also wanna throw it out there I got them at a used store, never (or at least no more than one or two times) worn, for ten dollars. Sixty bucks from the Sears catalogue if I had bought them new :).
I like looking cute in my warm boots, long pants, and toasty jacket. Not to mention – my charming personality makes me much more attractive than all those silly girls struggling with pointy toes and giant purses.
Allright, so I just used this bitch to boost my self-esteem, I admit it.
“I hope you fall and bust your ugly mug and split your face open with that inappropriate foot wear. “
Central Halifax Resident, you are my new favorite poster of all time.
I’ll admit I don’t wear boots all that often, but I have a good pair of shoes that are waterproof and have a good tread on them. THey grip like a mofo and are quite warm. They look awesome with jeans and I don’t tend to do a lot of winter walking so I’m pretty good.
I do have a pair of boots I’ll wear in snow, but I don’t do much snow walking so they don’t get much wear.
I hate to say it but spiked heeled boots scream “fuck me” more than “I’m not going to break my ass when I fall”…
Central Halifax Resident: I gather from what you said about what the modeling instructor told you, that you are trying to say that you think it is not “classy” or “elegant” to wear expensive footwear on the street. That is fucking ridiculous. Get a grip, resident. Its not classy to look miserable in heels when its snowing. Its not graceful or classy or elegant to teeter totter about on heels that you cant carry off, it not classy to be a fashion victim …. bla bla bla. All those things are true. However, don’t kid yourself – NICE SHOES ARE NICE SHOES. If a woman is wearing ‘expensive footwear’ and it looks fucking amazing and is appropriate for the time and place – then she looks good and is being ‘classy’.
No matter what the season, a grown ass woman should not clomp around with big mucky boots with nubs or whatever the hell you said you have attached to yours. AT THE VERY LEAST a GROWN CLASSY WOMAN should fucking spray her shit with protector before she leaves the house and not walk around with salt caked on her boots. CLASSY women take care of themselves and their things. I don’t know how ‘classy’ the rude looker at the busstop was either, and i can understand how her looks would have been annoying – but don’t be irrational. Nice shoes are nice shoes and if you got em’, rock em’. and screw what some modeling instructor told you about a velvet bag.
I’ve preferred wearing runners lately. Sure they slip and slide all over the place but that just keeps me on my toes and keeps the fast-twitch muscles alert and ready. No, I don’t bitch about it because yes, I like the little rush of adrenaline when I’m about to fall. Haven’t yet though this year or last.
Nothing pretty about them as they’re only there to take me where I need to go. Just the way I like it.