Permanent Marker

I went to the petting zoo with a girlfriend. We frolicked around in our flip flops and feed all the animals at Living Treasures (I highly recommend going if you don't have anything else better to do. It's quite amusing for real). Anyways, on our way home we decided we were going to go have a drink and watch the rest of the Steelers game. So, she stopped at her house to change her shoes. We were both sitting on her steps while she took off her flip flops and slipped on a pair of boots. All of the sudden, she whips out this marker and starts coloring in her boot. And I quote, "I love permanent markers. They can fix any pair of black shoes," she said. This is something I never even thought of before. Sure it seems simple, but it would have never crossed my mind. Instead of spending money on shoe shine or whatever you fix shoe scuffs with, why not just color it in with a permanent marker? I'm telling you, you couldn't even tell the difference. Seemed like a neat trick to me.