/poverty/ - Poverty & Thrift

I have 4.

Work boots

Casual boots

Converse for when I'm at home.

Tennis Shoes

>>718

>that gif

POPPLES IS REAL

>>718

Depends on what you mean by "last". I've had this pair for nearly 5 years but I mean there are holes in the bottom and water soaks in and the laces have been replaced a few times because they started fraying and getting stringy, and the sides are ripped up and the inside is basically card-board.

>>718

My shoes just do it. I suppose it means they're good quality but even a cheap pair I bought for £5 lasted me several years.

Smart leather shoes I polish regularly and get the bottoms fixed whenever.

I own like twelve pairs of shoes. Three good pairs of boots, hiking shoes, one pair of Stacy Adams, one back up sharp leather pair, one pair of patent leather, some lace up casuals in brown and black and all of the tennis shoes I've ever owned.

Whenever I have a few dollars in my pocket and shoes fit me and have a clear function I buy them. From yard sales and thrift stores and stuff.

Shoes are worth their weight in gold. A blister can incapacitate you. Anyone that makes one pair of shoes last longer than three years of dedicated use doesn't walk enough. You should burn up your cheap shoes daily and have your good shoes waiting for an occasion.

Even a falling apart pair of shoes is ideal fit some tasks

I get one pair of shoes a year on sale (still $45, but compared to the Jordans people horde I'm doing thrifty enough for my situation). The previous year's pair turns into my work pair and the work pair before that go in reserve in case something happens to the other ones. After that they get thrown in the laundry room or donated.

>>720

This motherfucker gets it.

>>673

women

shoe 1. : Some cheap chinese knockoff, though

I only expect it to survive a summer.

shoe 2.: Cold War era soviet issued military boots.

These will outlive me.

Made me think to do a headcount. (Footcount?) I have 13.

>4 worn out pair of sneakers.

>1 most recent pair of sneakers that are not worn out

>1 pair of work boots

>1 pair of cold weather/snow/casual boots

>1 pair of sandals that I got in middle school, miraculously still fits.

>1 pair of flats in case I ever land a job interview

>1 pair of loafers

>2 knock offs of popular brands. (one is kinda like Vans, the other is kinda like Converse. Both suck.)

>1 of fairly nice dress shoes, 4 sizes too big. I resent them more than could be healthy for two inanimate objects that I've worn twice.

If you own more than two pairs of shoes, you shouldn't even be posting on this board.

One pair winter ones.

One pair spring/autumn ones I mostly wear even in the summer

One pair a little fancier spring/autumn/summer ones.

And actually this summer I got two almost identical second-hand sports ones for summer.

>1 pair of $30 shoes.

>Most expensive shoes I've owned as an adult, All the other ones were <$20 and fell apart in a few months.

>>982

This is why you have to splurge on shoes.

Same deal with headphones.

Buy shit, get shit (that falls apart 10x faster). It's not economically sound decision-making buying cheap shoes. You can get away with buying cheap jeans or cheap underwear, but not cheap shoes.

>>992

This. You can get quality shoes when they are on sale quite cheaply and they'll last a long time. I have a pair of casual shoes (Dr Shoals) that cost me $30 on sale. They'll probably last at least 5-10 years easily. Walmart has a sale on them usually in the spring so try and get them then. Note, where I am, that prices for things are higher than they are in the US. They may even be cheaper at your local Walmart.

My previous pair of expensive shoes I had to get was with my Highschool uniform ran me $80. I still wear them for more formal things, but they've lasted me 11 years now.

I've easily spent hundreds on cheap running shoes that end up falling apart after 6 months. I think in total in the last decade that has run me at least $400, if not more, in the last 10 years. Same with Winter boots that end up being trash at the end of each winter season.

TL;DR >>992 and >>982 got it right.

Currently, I own 6 Pairs of Shoes (Casual 1, Casual 2, Running, Gym, Formal, old piece of junk shoes that are falling apart and only use when going to my dug out basement because it's gross and were free anyways), and one pair of boots.

Also >>691 Makes a good point. Thrift stores often have great deals on things like this.

for toasty dry feet, invest in a pair of muck boots. you can usually find some cheaper on amazon, but they are seriously worth every dime you spend. i have had one pair for five years now, and another for a few months, and i can't imagine going through winter without them ever again.