full heart, old soul & worn out boots: Birthday Boots

Now anyone who knows me knows I have a little obsession with boots, and well if you didn't you may of figured it out from the title of my blog. Either way I love boots. I own quite a few pairs of cowboy boots...its over 12, and will leave it at that. I am proud to say that only two were purchased brand new by me and the rest are used or a better word for it, worn out. One pair I even had passed down to me by a very good friend of our family who had brought them in Texas when she was my age. The rest have come from Etsy.com or thrift stores from here to Colorado. There's something beautiful about worn out boots to me. They have seen things that I'll never know. Each one has a history and I feel like I become part of that history when I start making my own stories in them. Recently my collection has halted to a stop because of a lack of funds, even for used boots, but I think I'm about due for a new pair, and I may even make it a brand spanking new pair.

Well today is my birthday and I will always have a love for my birthday, no matter the age (and I really mean that, and pray I can keep meaning that the older I get). I think if the world got as excited about birthdays as I do, none of us would get as bothered about getting older. Maybe if adults got to continue to celebrate their birthdays like kids did, they wouldn't be as bent out of shape about them. Imagine if you got the day off work or school or whatever, got to eat lots of cake and celebrate how ever you'd like. I think people would be much happier about birthdays. I love birthdays...no matter whose it is. The idea about making a person have a day where their reminded how loved they are, or how blessed they are with their life and their friends or just the fact they're living another day is just a heart warming thought. I wish that there never was a bad birthday for anyone.

If I do get to treat myself to a new pair of birthday boots I already know exactly where I'm going. This lovely online store called Country Outfitter. They have an amazing selection of boots and offer them for the lowest price you'll find. They offer a weekly Facebook drawing for a pair of boots, which I enter every one just in case (along with about another million people). They also send out lots of discounts to subscribers through email. They carry all my favorite brands, and even sell my all time favorite pair of Old Gringos, which I WILL own someday. *dreaming sigh*. Without a doubt, if I can purchase birthday boots, Country Outfitter is where they'll come from. Here are just a few of my favorites from their selection. Go take a look, I bet you'll fall in love with a few pairs too.