The Catcher in the Rye, reader response #26

In chapter 7 when Holden is packing his stuff, getting ready to move out, he has to pack his skates. He's sad for 2 reasons. He's sad that he just received his skates from his mom and hasn't got the chance to use them yet. The main reason for his sadness about his skates seems to come from the fact that he wanted racing skates and got hockey skates. In my opinion hockey skates are better for multi purpose use so i don't understand why he's sad. He should stop complaining about small things that aren't big deals.