Happiness is... (3)

i-f875c0b07d9b3cb6229668554781b35a-alice.jpgHappiness is boots that makes one feel strengthened and tough when one wears them. Even better is wearing boots called "engineer boots" when one is an engineer. And perhaps even better again is that one buys such boots from here but significantly on sale, and for one's birthday, no less.

Strengthening boots
A photo taken for Isis, among others.

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I have a pair of brown leather hiking boots that I miraculously found at a Play it Again Sports when I was a destitute graduate student. They make me feel the same way: strengthened and tough.

By Female Enginee… (not verified) on 23 Mar 2009 #permalink

Thanks Alice -- now I not only have boot envy, but I've got a Billy Joel earworm too. :)

I love the first sentence of this post. It's totally true!

By JessSnark (not verified) on 23 Mar 2009 #permalink

Loving those boots!