I finally had to retire my old, black Converse All-Stars this past weekend. The final straw was that the laces were so old that they snapped. They didn't snap as I was tying them or anything...no...they snapped as I was taking a stroll down the street to get a cup of coffee.
I had to stop and think about how long I'd been wearing these things. My mom got me these for Christmas one year when I was living in Chicago, which was a good while ago. So it was AT LEAST 4 years since I'd gotten them. And I'm pretty sure it was a bit longer than that. So, since I work in a very casual environment, I'd been wearing these babies almost everyday for probably over 5 years! As you can see from the pictures, the soles had been worn down until they were almost smooth, there were holes in the bottoms and on the sides, and they were torn up pretty well all over. But there's nothing like a good pair of these shoes when they're broken in really well. It's like getting to wear comfy slippers to work everyday. Ahhhhhh.....
Fortunately, I had bought myself a pair JUST LIKE THESE right before that Christmas that my mom bought me these. I'd been saving those shoes to replace these when they wore out. It took 5 years, and now I can finally bring out those back-ups! I shall not be without black converse sneakers!
Oh, if you ever do an image search for Dana Scully from the X-files for your blog, you get a lot of strange fanboy stuff that comes up. Yikes!
