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[unicornduke]

Just splurged on fancy underwear (2 for $50) from tomboyx and wow am I suddenly very anxious about money. I've got plenty, I even checked my credit card to make sure I'd be on track for paying it off this month. (I'm not paycheck to paycheck only because I have a buffer built in from my previous job but I'm not making much more than I'm spending. More than half my paycheck goes right to rent and loans. Sometimes I wonder if I should have stuck it out for another year at my last job but I don't think it would have been good despite the money)

I've never spent that much money on underwear and it's more than I spend on most of my clothing. I hope they're really soft.

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[graydon]

My oldest pair of Muck Boots are 10 this year. They don't get regular use; they're a pair of Wetland boots used for birding in certain places and seasons.

The thing with boots in that style -- the structure of the boot is closed-cell foam -- is that if you wear them every working day, you need two pair so you can switch so they actually dry out. (And possibly a boot dryer.) But in general Muck makes a robust product with good traction and I've never had a problem with the waterproofness. (I do need to drop a heel cup in them so my heels don't gnaw through the lining, to the distress of all concerned.)

There are apparently trades where pants are basically disposable; Carhartt sells to those by making the cheapest possible pants because you're going through thirty pair a year. I've found the heavier stuff, the original denim dungarees and the 10oz fabric work pants, to be robust, and the 6oz fabric cargo pants I got -- out of the eleven kinds, this is not actually helpful -- were pretty good. But it does seem to be something of a crapshoot, especially if one is not basically skinny.


The Danner thing that actually fits me is the Acadia; a 500 USD police boot, but really comfortable and I can walk all day and this is not generally otherwise available. It's slanted my view of their prices.