My very first pair was a small red pair that i loved and would put on allll the time, including when i would watch my fav sesame street song Wet Paint! (refer to one of my earlier blog entries to watch it and see why)
Unfortunatley this pair was thrown away at some point, and the only picture i had of me wearing them disappeared! I shall def put it on here though whenever i find it.
After my classic red ones i went through several black pairs, which served me faithfully :)
When I was in about 6th or 7th grade i remember i wanted to move on from plain black and get some ballin colorful or animal ones, but i soon discovered my feet had since got too big for those galoshes. At the time i guess it was assumed nobody other than little kids would want bright, colorful rain boots. The idea struck me that they should start making them older kids, teenagers, adults, everyone!!! Ultimately though i decided that it probably wouldn't work and I moved on, settling for my plain black ones for Walmart.
Then about 3 or 4 years later I was in Target, just minding my own business, loitering, and as I passed by the shoe section I spied some verrry bright looking shoes. Upon further inspection I discovered that there was an aisle of brightly colored ADULT rain boots!!!! I quickly snatched up a yellow pair and was out on the door, completely elated :D Overnight almost, and leading up to this very moment Adult Rain Boots Popularity has exploded. Online now you can literally find hundreds, yes literally hundreds, of different designs, colors, patterns, anything you want! Now everytime it rains on my college campus I try and count how many different kinds I see. Usually I see more than 10 people wearing them, depending on the level of precipiation for that day, and it always make me smile :) The absolute awesomeness of them plus the fact the idea I had yearrrs ago turned out to be right all add to it.
I've been happy with my yellow ones for the past couple of years now, but I now feel the need to move on to a new pair(s) I hope someday to go to the UK and while I'm there get an authentic pair of wellies, which are the best made rain boots you can buy (wayyy too expensive for me to be ordering at the moment though)
the pair i decided on were these.
They actually had these for awhile in both adult men & women sizes, but they've had to drop the adult male sizes for now though, due to the recession. Hopefully though they will return in the near future though and I can get them.
If anyone has any suggestions for a new pair that I'd might like feel free to suggest some :) and I recommend everyone else go out and get them some of their own! and spread the good word and practical usefulness of Galoshhhhes. and then we shall coordinate an epic puddle splashing expedition, if i actually know you haha.
here's are two sites worth checking for cool ones.
http://www.dllrainwear.com/servlet/StoreFront
www.target.com
goodnight :)
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