{"id":6906,"date":"2013-01-06T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=6906"},"modified":"2013-01-06T08:06:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T12:06:02","slug":"favorite-thing-ridiculously-expensive-footwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=6906","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Thing: Ridiculously Expensive Footwear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hiking-Shoes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6909\" alt=\"Hiking Shoes\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hiking-Shoes-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hiking-Shoes-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hiking-Shoes-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hiking-Shoes.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the most expensive pair of shoes I have ever owned. I bought it (as well as two pairs of the most expensive socks I&#8217;ve ever owned) using a gift certificate from my dad. I was feeling a bit of buyer&#8217;s remorse the next day, because I probably don&#8217;t hike enough to justify spending that much. Maybe I should have gotten a cheaper pair and picked up some other handy things.<\/p>\n<p>Then I wore the shoes for a hike in 15-degree weather through ankle-deep snow. I stopped to listen to the babbling of a little stream. The snow was concealing the edge of the stream and I stepped right into it. My foot slid between two rocks and into the water. Thanks to ankle support in these boots, I did not twist my ankle. Thanks to the waterproofing, not a drop of water penetrated the shoe. I would have been very unhappy trying to trek back through all that snow with a wet shoe and\/or twisted ankle.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why ridiculously expensive footwear is one of My Favorite Things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the most expensive pair of shoes I have ever owned. I bought it (as well as two pairs of the most expensive socks I&#8217;ve ever owned) using a gift certificate from my dad. I was feeling a bit &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=6906\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[332,100],"tags":[279,124,239],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6906"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6932,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6906\/revisions\/6932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}