These boots are made for walking.... *sings*

[kseenaa]

So, as I said in my bookcrossing-post I had a trip to Gothenburg yesterday. I always enjoy going to that city. One of the biggest cities in Sweden it is really bustling with people and things that are going on all the time. Not a second of calm from you get of the train. As I said in that post there, I brought books to bookcross in the city and did so.

But the real reason for the trip was... boots. Doc Marten boots. :-) My old boots were so old there were holes in them. Big holes. One hole so big I can poke my finger through it. Not a good thing when it is raining or snowing. Nope. Buying Doc Marten boots are expensive, but on the other hand they last for years. These that I just threw away I bought together with chigrima a couple of years ago. Three years? No, more then four. Before I meet Peting. They have lasted long, and been good friends. The leather is soft and very worn, been shaped by my feet to fit perfectly. But you can only use a pair of boots so long, can you? And wet feet is not fun.

To Gothenburg and the store Shock. A lovely lovely store with a bit more punk rock style on the stuff they sale, some fantasy and dark fantasy stuff there as well. I love that store. Anyway. They have ALOT of diffent boots there. And also my absolut favorite Doc Marten boot there is: 10 eye steel toe boot. Yep. Same as the once with the holes in them. :-) And when I tried them on it was quite shocking to see and feel the difference between the old once and the new. Amazing. The leather is very very stiff, not soft like in the old once. And the sole is very stiff to. Not to mention they are not yet shaped after my feet, which also feel odd. Oh, I'll have some serious trouble breaking these boots in. It'll be a couple of painful weeks before they get perfect to. :-P

I was so amuzed by the difference in the new and old boots that I had to take pictures of them together and apart. The picture of my old once I thought turned out so cool, I poked around in The Gimp, changed size and turned it black and white, to put in a header. New header requires new layout, so here we go. :-) Turned out pretty cool, didn't it? :-)

And here we go, Doc Marten boots, old and new. Very loved and not yet loved. :-)


My old Doc's. They really has seen alot of miles. I used these ALL the time. Until it got to hot during the summer. Use a pair of black Converse-copies then, also bought at Shock. :-) This is the picuture I thought turned out so cool I made it into a banner. :-D *points upwards*


The new once. See the difference, eh? I can't believe my old once used to look like these once upon a time... o.O


Side by side. Amazing ain't it? Yes, these are steeltoed once. I find that the most comfy. :-)


And from behind to, just to make it complete. I am quite amazed by these pictures.


While at Shock drooling at all the different Doc's and nice clothes they have (sadly to small), I also drooled quite a bit over all the different Converse-copies they have. I saw these that are in the danger of being bought by me if my old Converse-copies won't last this summer... Cool aren't they? At the moment there are no holes in my old once, so I can't justify buying these. :-) But I did so enjoy them. Tried them on to, and they were very comfy as well.



Alright. I'll stop spamming you for today. And go back to my World of Warcraft playing. ;-D

Comments

[chigrima.livejournal.com]

I remember then we brought that pair! Must have been at least four years ago. ^_^

The new layout is classy. I love it.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

At least. Keep in mind, me and Peting turned into a couple 2003 and three so it was at least a year before that. Doc Marten boots rock. They LAST! Long. :-D

It was a very luck shoot on those old boots. They sure got character. I'll miss them. So I just had to poke around in Gimp and see if I could make it black and white. Apperently I could. ;-D There is another layout I am gonna try this banner with to. I am not totally happy with having all the links on top there.... :-P

Now I just have to make an icon with ze boots to... Ehm...

[chigrima.livejournal.com]

I foresee pain in breaking in th new ones. You poor, poor feet! I pity them. On the other hand, then they'll last for years and years... I remember the green ones you had before the old black pair. And you had some other brad in between them, which didn't last nearly as long, yes?

I like the design as it it, but there's always room for improvement!

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

So far, it goes surprisingly painless. Shocking really. :-D

My biggest problem with the other layout was that everything was on top. :-P I didn't like that. I want my links on the side. :-P Easier to me. :-)

[chigrima.livejournal.com]

I must admit, side is better than top. ;-) And I mean that in the totally non-dirty way!

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Riiiiiiight... *smirk*

[chigrima.livejournal.com]

Me, dirty? Never! *innocent eyes*