Today, I learned that you can't re-sole shoes with polyurethane/plastic soles. I like to purchase shoes that border on pricey with the intention of wearing them often and keeping them for years. I take them to the local shoe-fixer-dude to keep them in good shape. After three winters of wearing my favorite high-heel, knee-high black boots, the soles on the toes have completely worn away (like, you can touch my toe, worn away). They can't be fixed. I'm so bummed. I'm not anywhere near wealthy, so a $200 pair of shoes is something I buy once every...well, three years. I had hoped to have these boots for years go come. Now, they're off to Goodwill.