We’re shopping for new rubber boots for Adrian. The old ones were green and had little dogs on them and Adrian liked them in all ways, except they had huge cracks in them and holes in the sole.

He also has another pair, or rather, we have another pair in his size, but those are pink (because they used to be Ingrid’s) and while he can wear them when there is no other option, he doesn’t really accept them as his boots.

One could argue that that’s a waste of a perfectly usable pair of boots… but I imagine myself being forced to wear boots that I consider tasteless and ugly, and I sympathize with him. Besides, the other pair doesn’t really go to waste – it is good to have two pairs of rubber boots so one can stay more or less permanently at his preschool (or school, from autumn).