I said I never would.
But often, life changes and here I am.
The ashamed owner of a pair of Crocs.
Not only Crocs, but boot Crocs.
This is the first pair of rubber boots I have ever owned in my life, but the "life change" of starting to enjoy being in the garden in Finland, means, being in there when it is very wet and muddy too, and I have already ruined a couple of pairs of older sneakers, that can no longer be worn anywhere else but the garden, in a pinch. They are screwed.
However, after trying a few pairs of gumboots on at the store and hating all of them, the only pair that were passable because they were light enough, were Crocs. There were two problems though.
The price was the bigger issue, because 60€ for a pair of gardening shoes is a bit steep in my opinion. However, the sizing was also an issue. Not because they are women's shoes (I have bought a couple pairs of women's sneakers on sale in the past - they are the same, and have better colours), but because they didn't have my size available. They only supplied up to a 39, and that is a a few sizes too small. Rather than giving in to the heavier boots though, I decided to hold off to see if I could find some online in men's sizes - but apparently, they don't make them for men.
I wonder why??
(I don't really wonder)
However, what they did have is larger women's sizes, and the largest they had would be suitable for me. The best bit of it though, is that they were 50% off, so with delivery, they were only 4€ more expensive than the crappy heavy ones I would have had to have bought. Score! They arrived last night in the mail so I get to test them in the garden this morning.
The plan is to dig a garden bed around half the house where we will plant low ground cover that flowers with white flowers through summer, but has silver leaves the rest of the time. This means it will look nice enough when not in flower. And in the spring, will drop a lot of tulips in between to add colour for the start of the season. It should look nice.
Unlike my Crocs.
By the way - when they arrived I put them on and walked over to my wife who was watering the garden. She looked down at my feet, then looked up into my eyes and while I said "never say never", I could see in her face...
We would never have sex again.
Taraz
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