Luck Miguel 

Here’s to my little substack nobody follows. I’m showin up for me.

Last year I canceled my Amazon Prime. Three days ago, I broke the laces in one of my boots.

72 inch laces on Amazon are $7.99, but of course now I have to pay shipping. I searched a few other smaller sites, but none offer free shipping on something so small.

There is a local cobbler down the street from me, so today while I was doing my Spanish lesson, I walked down there to see what they had.

I got 72 inch laces for $6.99, supported a local small business, and got a bit breath of fresh air.

I’m ne…

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