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tuesday, october 26, 2004
My shoes smell like toothpaste

My awesome $13 saddle shoes (non-leather!) had been getting dirtier and dirtier. The white parts tend to accumulate grime and scuff marks and weird purple scratches. These are my frivolous shoes. I want them to look good. So, the Internet told me to scrub them with toothpaste.

One clean shoe and one dirty shoe.

I’m glad I had some plain white toothpaste around. I usually use whatever bright-orange/translucent-blue/multi-hued/cinnamon-flavored tube that shows up, but I don’t think any of those would have worked as well.

Other pictures from today:

Another boxload for my room. I love this junk.

I think this is a giant cowrie shell. Anyway, I was washing it in my sink.

comments (2)

did the toothpaste work? cause my saddle shoes are pretty grimy too
erin on 11/4/2004 20:15:16

I wash my white leather sneaker with toothpaste regulary once a week. It keeps them white and bright. :)
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