Boots in Korea

Yes we are actually back to being a more authentic title for the blog, boots in Korea.  :-)  I had talked earlier in the blog I believe about the heel on my Christmas present boots popping off. :-(  Real bummer so I was sporting my Chuck Taylor's for a while.  I asked my boss at work where a cobbler or shoe repair store is and he told me they're everywhere.  Great, well just suppose I don't know everywhere and point one out to me.  Turns out when he said everywhere he kind of meant it, but you can't look for a storefront like a person might be used to.  They appear to be almost double-wide telephone booth with aluminum curtains and I thought at first it might be just a shoe shine stand, but they do all shoe repair here.  The nice Korean lady that works there had the goofiest smile on her face when I entered her stand carrying a pair of cowboy boots.  I showed her the rubber pad that had fallen off and she picked up a new pad and motioned that she'd be using a new one.  Then she motioned to the other boot in my hand, implying that she obviously wanted to repair both.  I handed it over and she held up 1 finger and did a swirl around her watch face.  Haha.  I smiled and told her thank you and went for a cup of hot chocolate and some reading and prep at a local coffee shop.  When I returned in an hour I was absolutely thrilled at what waited for me.  They were beautifully polished and the heels looked gorgeous, although they were a little taller than I'd like (I've noticed there are numerous Korean products to add inches *to your height*).  :-)  13 bucks and we were all done.  I was so happy to have my boots back and I will definitely be visiting her stall again.