Hell boots and other ones

I love boots and most days, at work or in my personal life, I'm wearing them.

I have a few pairs of R.M. Williams "craftsman" boots in different colours and I also wear taller boots, usually by Ariat; there's times I can't wear them though, like when I'm running and in bed, or swimming across the English Channel but the vast majority of the time I have on boots.

A while back I had to retire a pair I loved dearly; they'd served me well, trusty companions that offered a buffer between my feet and the ground, but I threw them out because they were pretty-much dead. I was sad but managed to go on with life - my boots would have wanted that.

I thought about new boots but felt my old boots were looking up at me from hell (they went there when they died because they were fucken bad-ass) saying, "so you fucken forgot me and moved on already huh?"

Ok, not really, I don't think they thought anything at all...So, I was contemplating new boots but couldn't get to where I buy them from until just recently.

I managed to buy my new boots (the old dead-and-now-in-hell boots will just have to deal with it) and you can see them in this post. They're not quite as comfortable as my old dead ones yet, but they will get there eventually. I understand that others may not like them, or boots in general, and that's ok...I mean, they're my fucken boots not theirs, so fuck it right?

I still miss my hell-boots but they served me well and we had some good times together and all things must die and go to hell (if it actually existed), even you and me, although I'm off to Valhalla so yeah, there's that.

Shoes are generally a necessity for most; they are a utilitarian and useful item, but shoes have become works of art, fashion and style statements, must-have status symbols and sometimes things that people pay lots of money for as well. We all have different tastes and preferences like sneakers, high heels or flat, boots, open or closed toe and just about every other thing a person could imagine...me, I like and prefer boots I guess. What about you though?

What's your preference for footwear and why? If you have an opinion and want to share it, and maybe even a photo, go ahead in the comments below.