Half way through the year

My year of boot wearing is half over now. I have enjoyed it so far. I thought I would give a bit of a summary of the first 6 months. I have been keeping track of how often I have worn each of my boots, even if I only wore them for a few minutes, such as pulling on a pair of wellies to go into the garden.

My Vans Sk8-Hi have seen the most use. They are a very versatile pair of boots: comfortable, ideal to wear with both long and short trousers, and suitable for both cold/wet and warm/sunny weather. I bought them about 3 years ago in a sale. They were very cheap, under £10, so I couldn't walk away without buying them.

The second most popular boots have been my doc martens. These are also my second oldest boots. I can't remember how long ago I bought them but it must be about 15 years ago or longer. Since I love wearing tall boots, I usually wear these whenever the weather is looking a bit grim.

There was a surprising tie for third place: My gola boxing boots and my Le Chameau green wellies. I occasionally wear the boxing boots in the evening. They spend most of their time under my computer desk so I usually slip them on when I'm working at my computer. My green wellies move around a lot. They sometimes spend a few weeks in the kitchen next to the back door, which means I can easily slip them on when I go to the garden. They can sometimes spend weeks in the boot of the car or in the store room near the front door.

Fifth place was also a tie, this time between my adidas boxing boots and my Levi's red tag 'fake tall converse'. These are boots which I tend to wear exclusively for work. They are very comfortable to wear when I am in the office. They were only a couple of 'points' behind third place.

The other boots, in order, are:

• Black and White Converse. My oldest boots, almost 20 years old.
• Blue Wellies. My newest boots. I still haven't reached the £1 per use mark yet.
• Maroon Converse.
• Black Converse.

Above: pie chart showing how often I have worn each of my boots.

Below: pie chart showing the different types of boots and how often I wore them. Wellies and Doc Martens count as knee length. Mid length include the boxing boots and Levi's boots. Vans and Converse make up the ankle boots. I was pleased to see that most of my boot wearing has been taller boots.

Week 26: more Converse weather

It has been fairly warm again so I mostly wore my Converse boots for work. I wore my adidas boxing boots for one day though.

At the weekend I wore my Vans Sk8-hi and my Gola boxing boots.

Week 25: Wellies Revisited

In the last 7 weeks, I've only had chance to wear my wellies once. I managed to remedy that this week and have had the opportunity to wear both pairs of wellies a couple of times during the week. On one occasion I was in the garden, doing some weeding. I was standing up, tending to some pots and the sun came out. The backs of my legs, in my wellies, started to get quite warm. It was a very pleasant feeling.

It has also been a good week for boxing boots. I wore my adidas boots for work a couple of times and wore my gola boots around the house a few times. When it was a bit warm in the evening, I changed into my shorts and wore my gola boxing boots. I normally wear them with the laces loose so I can easily slip them on and off. Today I laced up all the way. I didn't pull the laces tight so I could feel the boot moving against my ankle. I think that is part of what I love about boots. I think they look great but I also love the feel of them against my leg. If I crouch down and the back of the boot presses against my thigh, then that feels amazing. I really don't know why I enjoy it so much.

How I usually wear my Gola boxing boots - with the laces loose so I can slip them on easily.

Wearing the boots with my 'long shorts'. The laces have been pulled tighter so the boots are a snug fit rather than loose.

I also wore my Levi's boots and my old black and white converse in work. They are both looking a bit old and have a few holes in them so I may have to replace them later in the year. Boots like these do last for ages though so there are probably many more months of wear left in them.

Week 24: Rain and Doc Martens

It's been a week of mostly wearing tall boots. It rained a lot during the week so I wore my doc martens boots most of the time for work. It got warmer towards the end of the week so I wore my tall Levi's boots on friday.

I wore my Vans hi-tops on saturday and my black and white converse hi-tops today.

I also wore my gola boxing boots around the house in the evenings.

Week 23: Mostly Converse Weather

The weather hasn't been consistently during the week but it's been warm enough for me to wear shorts and my Converse hi-tops all week. It's good to have air on my legs and let the world see that I'm wearing boots. I wore my 'classic' black and white hi-tops every day for work.

The weather turned wet at the weekend. I didn't go out on saturday but I wore my gola boxing boots around the house. On sunday I put my Doc Martens on when I went out at lunchtime.