Broken Kote

I have a bit of a problem. One of my kote has small holes in the leather, and they are slowly getting bigger. I've been told that I can get some patches put over them, but it would take 2 weeks to fix. And that means 2 weeks without kendo. Or I can buy a new pair of kote.... oh yay. I don't have the money. Or, I do, but I don't know if I want to buy a second pair of kote :(

Dammit