I AM continually thankful to Kami for giving me her Sorell Dominator boots... but I actually wore the FRANKENBOOTs today. The picture here doesn't do them justice - I think you need the requisite foot near them for comparison, but this isn't my photo.
These are the boots so lovingly described by Garrison Keillor at this link (which is Keillor-style funny)...
http://outside.away.com/outside/magazine/1295/12f_gari.html
The boots I HAD been wearing (after reattaching the front of the soles with "Shoe Goo") started separating from the heel. And despite reaching the quite balmy teens today... when I decided to wear the Sorell's - it was 4 degrees out. By the time I actually got to the office I felt a fool for such overdressed feet. But had some fun trudging around like Frankenstein's monster.
The students I was meeting with reassured me that up here NO ONE laughs at what you wear to keep warm despite the fact that it was CLEARLY not cold enough for these shoes.
Still waiting on my Mukluks to arrive - but saw another person wearing that style today so apparently I did pick the appropriate Fairbanks model.
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I'm so glad the frankenboots finally got some use! I dragged those beasts to Russia and back and never wore them. Apparently Muskovites actually do laugh at people for 'overdressing' for winter. If I had actually made it to Siberia, they would have been useful. I think.
But think of it this way - you can always use them to turn a little walk into a major workout - who needs ankle weights when you have FRANKENBOOTS!
oh, and I think its pretty funny that Garrison Keillor wrote about them.
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