The beginning of my boot fetish....

First off, I finally rode Woody on Friday and he went great!! I was a little worried about his back still being sore and that he would act up in the Skeeters work saddle, but he didn't do anything. Yeah!!! Connie commented that he looked much better, just as good as he has looked after getting chiro work done.

On Sunday I decided to go the January Sale in Lexington, VA. Mikhail and Mikayla accompanied me and we had a great time, well for the most part. Mikayla was semi excited when we got there, but I think she grew bored after awhile. Mikhail on the other hand was interested and made comments about the horses that where in the ring. I think he is developing an eye for good horses, but he has a long way to go. He really wants to try riding, so I think one of these days I am going to let him get up on Woody so he can see what it's all about.

My mission for the sale was to get some new riding jeans and a pair of boots. I got half of my mission accomplished with the purchase of the following boots.


They are Antelope leather Lucchese and are sooo comfy!! I decided just to wear them after I bought them and my feet did not hurt at all. I already want more! Of course none of the vendors had any jeans that I could try on to see how they fit. I hate having to order over the Internet net and then have to send them back because they do not fit right. I was also able to get my hat shaped as well, so that is one less thing to worry about before I ever show.

Most people close to me, know that I have a shoe addiction. I have over 100 pairs of shoes in my closet. Since I just got back into riding this past year, my boot collection is no existent. Currently I only have three pairs, which includes the boots I just bought. I already have plans to buy these:


I love the color of these!! I haven't seen these in person, but they look like they would match chocolate chaps nicely and a boot collection is not complete without a pair of exotic skin boots!


I tried these on already, but they are goat skin and seemed a little tight and I would of needed a wide width for them to be comfortable so I opted for the other ones instead. I think these would be good for dying purposes for a pair of showmanship boots or just another pair to wear about the barn. I really liked the stitching on the shaft of these the most.

I did watch some of the horses go through the sale. Prices were really low and all over the place as usual. Some really nice horses went for less then they are worth. Some not so nice horses went for more then they where worth because of their color. A lot of horses were no saled. There was a Willy Be Invited gelding, the same age as Woody go for $7600. But the other WBI horses went pretty low, especially a yearling that went for half of the breeding fee.

I went out to the barn on Sunday to ride as well. Of course I was wearing my new boots!!! Everyone ended up showing at about the same time so the ring was busy, but I like the traffic so I can get Woody accustomed to it. We had another good ride. I think I could finally feel him rounding more at the lope and getting underneath himself. Connie commented that she could finally see him getting under himself on the right lead, which is his good direction. Maybe he really does have PSSM and the change in feed is just starting to take effect now. I was told it could take 4-6 weeks to see a difference.

Christina