What is something you really wanted as a child, that you finally got to do or buy for yourself as an adult? (Prompt courtesy: https://thecoffeemonsterzco.com/en-ca/blogs/midnight-blogging/journaling-prompts)
At the sake of every post being about how I grew up poor(ish), really the only item that stands out to me, are my Doc Martens.
I’ve written about it before, so here’s the Cliff notes on it: it was the mid to late 90’s, Doc Martens were cool, I wanted, couldn’t afford, so I got the (sort of) next best thing, the Sears brand Docs, they were fugly, cheap looking, kids in high school laughed at me, mean boys.
About 5 years ago I decided to avenge that humiliating moment in computer class and purchase an actual pair of Docs.
As it goes in life, the Docs didn’t really live up to the hype. I like them yes, but I think possibly I bought them a size or half size too big. I feel like my feet look like monstrosities in them. I wear a size 9 as it is, which is pretty big.
It’s funny how you think you want something so bad and then you get it and…
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