Rain boots: To buy or not to buy

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As I walk home in the rain that’s been coming down all day in my shoes that have been wet all day I think to myself maybe I should finally buy rain boots.

I have been thinking about it the last couple weeks, well, the last couple years really, when it gets to be spring, or as some call it mud season. Yet, year after year I do not get rain boots. Why is that? Why do I not get what appears to be the solution to my problem?

Well, every year I go through a very similar process. I think, well, rain boots would keep my feet dry maybe I should get some. Then I think of the reasons I have not bought them in the past.

Every time I say to someone “Man, I really need to get some rain boots.” They tell me that rain boots are really uncomfortable to walk around in make weird sounds when you walk. Then, I think about how much I walk in a day. I’m a college student, needless to say, I walk quite a bit just getting from class to class. Not even including that I live several blocks from campus and that I walk every day.

Secondly, I think, I don’t want to spend money on these very practical things! I mean I did just buy a random sundress that I will probably only wear once… but that’s completely different. Also what if I don’t like them once I get them? This then brings me to patterns.

Now I respect all rain boots equally but what type do I get? Do I get plain ones that will go with everything? Is it too little kiddish to get ones with polka dots? And if that’s too kiddish then I definitely can’t get these ones with ladybugs on them… even though they are really cute!

On the other hand, if I wear these ones and basically I’m splashing about in puddles it will be just like I’m a little kid again… Back to the polka dots. I feel like everyone has those and I can’t be like everybody else. But then, I don’t want to be too different from everyone else either…

Nope I definitely can’t get rain boots again this year. Too many things to think about when I really should be studying for finals.