Tidying out the closet I found not one but two pairs of shoes that I'd loved but had worn out to the point that they had holes in the bottom. Holes that let the rain in.
I hated the idea of just throwing them out though. What to do, what to do?
*Cue interval on google.*
What do you know? Turns out Nike takes back sports shoes to recycle into artificial sports surfaces. Awesomely enough, they even collect shoes in New Zealand. That's pretty cool.
I didn't have sports shoes though. Hmm.
*Cue interval staring into space with pensive expression on face.*
My solutions:
1. Earthquake shoes! I took one pair to work to keep in a drawer in case I need sensible shoes in an emergency.
2. Repair! (This is yet another one of those "green" ideas that's really rediscovering something that your grandparents did but feeling like it's new again.) For some reason I had the idea that my shoes were the non-resoleable kind, but I took them into the shoe repair shop on Ghuznee St and there was no problem at all.
Twenty-five bucks and it's like I've got a whole new pair of shoes.
Loving the lovely shoe repairman right now.
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