i bought these boots in this condition. 
my friend mallory called them dirty, hipster boots. i moved in with my boyfriend who i thought understood my affinity for cowboy boots, but i guess he didn’t understand how strong it was. he is very concerned about the amount of shoes i have. i was very concerned about the amount of cds he had. yesterday he got rid of probably half them and challenged me to do the equivalent. that meant, these cowboy boots, had to go. so i’m attempting to sell them to the buffalo today, but last night i did a little shoe shining.

this was the result. they’re a whole new pair of boots! or at least an entirely different color. if the buffalo doesn’t take them, i certainly will not be broken-hearted about that one. and i guess mallory was right. they were dirty, hipster cowboy boots but now they are real clean, shiny cowboy boots.