I've had these LL Bean pull on boots for years..like 15, maybe 20. They've served me well, but this week the stitching finally gave way & then the glue. Guess these rainy PDX days were just much too much for them. I called Bean about sending them back to fix them, but the woman very nicely told me that with the cost of repairs and also retreads plus shipping would probably almost cost the same as new boots. AND I found out that they don't even make a size 5 anymore. What are the little people gonna do? My sister Charlotte loves this shoe site, Zappos & I scored with neoprene blunnies & a pair of Goretex Solomon trail shoes. And I'm so excited about all these waterproof clothes all of the sudden. My friend Susan warned me that my wardrobe would change & get ugly! No more vintage faux furs...the dampness mats thems. Wearing Heels? Only after you wear your wellies from the car to inside the building. Yeah, not the most exciting times in fashion out here. Not as bad as Portland, Maine...a lot of guys here at least wear Kenneth Cole instead of Bean to work, BUT they all have the same North Face black jacket.
ONLY my hair is making out like a bandit. I have wavy, slightly curly hair that in the VA humidity can grow to look like Roseanne Roseannadanna from SNL of the old days. But here, even with all the rain, doesn't fizz & I have almost straight hair with a few curls around my face. Weird! A friend said that the humidity & dewpoint(?) may be different out here. Who knows, but I'm really liking it!
Also enclosed is a picture of the outside of my apt. Didn't want the sign or too much of the building to show here as this is an open site for all the world to see, but it's not much to see anyway.
Just a renovated 70s apt building ...the inside is what's so great about it-energy efficient, everything's new, great layout. Will post inside pics soon after I hang pictures. Right now they're all on the bar counter - the messy bar counter.
And my pups on the bluff this morn...happy happy dogs!
Off now as the sun is shining! Gotta get outside- beautiful day!!
ONLY my hair is making out like a bandit. I have wavy, slightly curly hair that in the VA humidity can grow to look like Roseanne Roseannadanna from SNL of the old days. But here, even with all the rain, doesn't fizz & I have almost straight hair with a few curls around my face. Weird! A friend said that the humidity & dewpoint(?) may be different out here. Who knows, but I'm really liking it!
Also enclosed is a picture of the outside of my apt. Didn't want the sign or too much of the building to show here as this is an open site for all the world to see, but it's not much to see anyway.
Just a renovated 70s apt building ...the inside is what's so great about it-energy efficient, everything's new, great layout. Will post inside pics soon after I hang pictures. Right now they're all on the bar counter - the messy bar counter.
And my pups on the bluff this morn...happy happy dogs!
Off now as the sun is shining! Gotta get outside- beautiful day!!
1 comment:
Funny that you mention the decline in fashion that can occur here if one focuses solely on the practical. I got a great pair of waterproof boots that are pretty darn cute, and happened to find them at the same shop where you recently got a raincoat. There are attractive yet practical pieces to be found if one hunts!
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