For me, these shoes has so much history, even though I got them this month. Now, let me tell you.
I was the only girl in the family. Only brothers and cousins who played football or snowball fight, so I had to be "one of the guys" to have someone to play with. And I loved it. I absolutely adored my older cousins, and I talked about them so much, that they were famous in my kindergarten.
Being the only girl, also meant I never inherited any girl clothes, but whenever a colourful shirt appered, I took it in hope that I could rock it and make it the cool "tom boy"-look.
It was pure happiness when a pair of slip on vans, the ones with the checked pattern, was in one of the bag with clothes my brothers inherited - and they fitted! I felt like Lilly Truscott from Hannah Montana, and I rocked them for years.
I don't really know what happened to them, but I don't have them anymore. When I began seeing them again on Instagram, worn by both men and women, it was pure nostalgia for me. I found this "Updated" model, with a yellow detail in the sale on zalando. I promised myself, if i passed all my exams and my theoretical test for the driving license, would I by them as a "well done" gift for myself.
And here I am wearing them in the summer holiday by the sea, all my exam passed with great, great grades and a half driving license. And next month I have my driving test, and if I pass the test, I'll have my driving license. I'm so nervous, but I hope these shoes and their story will bring me luck.
Until next time,
x Sofie
Dansk:
Personligt, er der for mig så meget historie i disse sko, selvom jeg kun har haft dem i lidt under en måned. Nu skal jeg fortælle jer hvorfor.
Jeg var den eneste pige i familien. Kun brødre og fætre der spillede fodbold eller legede snebolds kamp, og jeg var nødt til bare at hægte mig på som "en af drengen" hvis jeg skulle have nogen at lege med. Og jeg elskede det. Jeg totalt forgudede mine ældre fætre og keg snakkede så meget om dem, at de var berygtede og kendte i min børnehave.
Fordi jeg var den eneste pige, arvede jeg aldrig noget pige tøj, men hver gang en farverig skjorte var der, snuppede jeg den i håb om, at jeg kunne rocke den og det cool "tom boy"-look.
Det var den rene lykke, da der en dag var et par slip-in vans, dem med skak-brik ternet, blandt alle poserne med arvet tøj - og de passede! Jeg følte mig som Lilly Truscott fra Hannah Montana, og jeg havde glæde af dem i flere år.
Jeg ved ikke hvad der blev af dem, men jeg har dem ikke mere. Da de begyndte at komme frem på Instagram, både på drenge og piger, var det, det rene nostalgi for mig. Jeg fandt denne "opdaterede" model med gul detalje i udsalget på zalando. Jeg lovede mig selv, at jeg kunne købe dem, hvis alle mine eksaminer gik fint og jeg bestod min teoriprøve med kørekortet.
Og her er jeg så, med dem på. Sommerferie ved vandet. Alle min eksaminer med gode karakterer. Et halvt kørekort, altså en bestået teoriprøve. Næste måned har jeg min køreprøve. Jeg er så nervøs, men håber skoene og deres historie bringer held!
Indtil næste gang,
Kram Sofie
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