One of my favorite things about sneakers (and life in general), is when my patience pays off.
Whenever I see a new pair of shoes I’m instinctively drawn to, my mind tends to make instantaneous decisions as to what my part in procuring said sneakers will be. The older I get, the more my mind makes the instantaneous decision to say ‘meh, they’re nice but I don’t need another pair of anything.’ And so it was with this pair of Air Max 98’s.
Not sure how many of y’all remember, but they dropped two color ways of the 98 in like 1999 that had the same color blocking as this pair - one with red accents, the other with blue. When I saw the mint, I thought, ‘damn, those look like that pair I missed 20+ years ago. I’d love to have those but I ain’t droppin’ a hundred on those.’
Long story long, I found this pair the other day at the Goodwill for $21. In my size. The sneaker
Some people collect 1’s, some collect dunks, some collect air maxes, I collect *deals.