A popular fashion house has just added a heated boot to their line of products, and of course there’s a lot of buzz about it. The idea of sporting some hella sweet technology that keeps your toes warm is the ‘new big thing’ and you’d certainly be the envy of all those shivering bitches around you that have regular boots! I will not name the brand here, but if the Google Fu is strong in you, it shouldn’t be difficult to figure out. The boots are fairly cute……I guess? But they’re just boots. No other bells and whistles, just keeping your feet 77°F to 113°F (or 25°C to 45°C) for up to eight hours, rechargable thanks to a USB port in the shoe itself. And that’s something. But are you really supposed to pay $1900 for a pair of these things!? Does looking cute en femme have to cost a fortune?

Fancy Tech Required?

You know, I love my smartphone. I take it everywhere and I’ll tell you that I can’t imagine my life without it, but I can. I remember when I didn’t have a phone, where Mapquest ruled the day and the Waze driving/nav app as we know it wouldn’t be a thing until 2013. If you were driving to an unfamiliar place, you had to print directions. On a printer. From a computer. And if you got lost along the way, you had to sit outside a Weinerschnitzel or God knows where else to call your friend. From a pay phone! I’ve even ripped pages out of a public phone book because it had an address on it that I needed. There was no way to text it to myself. Texting? What’s that? There was no social media and none of the stupid crap you did was recorded. My parents walked to school in the snow uphill both ways yada yada, you get my point. And my point is, we lived. We all made it fine. No fancy tech was required.

Do you know what I could do for the price of a pair of heated boots? I could go on a roadtrip. I could buy a ton of books for my Kindle Fire or do a helluva lot more clothes shopping, that’s for sure. Boots have been boots since boots were invented and don’t you dare let anyone tell you that you have to pay $1900. (I actually just wrote a boot blog and maybe you should check it out.) Boots work fine as long as they don’t leak water. Bonus if they’re lined inside.

The Bottom Line

So look for sales, save money and splurge every now and then if you want to feel special. But don’t think for a minute that you need to be a snob or torpedo money out of your ass for a pair of boots to feel amazing in your own feminine skin.
It’s a trap, and all you’re left with is an empty wallet. Oh, and no one is going to know you have heated boots unless you tell them because they don’t necessarily look different than other boots. So shop smart. This is one of those times it’s ok to be a little bit basic.