Saturday, June 19, 2010
2:51 AM
These Boots Are Made For Walking
One day my mom surprised me by taking me to Brown's Shoe Store (my lifelong local favorite) and bought for me a snazzy pair of white go-go boots, which were all the rage in the early to mid 6o's. I hadn't asked for them and I had no idea I was going to get them prior to going into the store. It wasn't my birthday and it wasn't Christmas and the boots were fairly expensive. My mom didn't make a habit of shopping for shoes at Brown's because my mom hates spending a lot on shoes. In the earliest years of my life, before I got old enough to rebel, lol, she bought most of my shoes at Ray's Discount Shoes or the Dollar Store. (My mom STILL shops the cheap stores when buying shoes for herself. She refuses to pay for name-brands. She grew up wearing cheap shoes and that's what suits her. If I were to buy name-brand shoes for her, she would return them. They're just not her style.) Therefore, I was more than just a little happy/shocked that day when I heard her tell the salesman that she was looking for the white go-go boots in my size. New shoe suprises are my favorite surprises! Have I mentioned that to you before? lol
Long story made a little shorter......they did have my size in stock and I danced out of the store with a brand new pair of "just because I love you" boots. It just so happened that at that same time, Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walking" was a huge radio hit and we had the 45 at home. According to family lore, I spent the next week or so marching around the house singing along with that record in my new made-for-walking boots, but you can totally believe me when I tell you that I have absolutely no memory of that. (insert wink)