I have a lot of shoes. Oh, I only wear a few pairs, but I have a lot of shoes that I never wear because of one word....pain.
I don't go out looking for painful shoes. I try on many pairs in the store, attempting to find the balance between style and comfort. But yet, I never succeed in the comfort part. It is because of this that I have come up with a theory about shoe stores - they have a magic spell that makes shoes feel comfortable so you will be tricked into buying them and keep coming back for more when their true colors come out. A women could put on a pair of black dress shoes inside a shoe store, walk around for an hour, and buy them completely convinced that all the problems of pinched toes and blisters were a thing of the past. But the moment that you walk out of the store, the magic shield lifts. You can put on those same super-comfortable shoes 10 min after buying them, and all of a sudden, someone has driven a spike into the toe and attached a razor blade to the edge to take all the skin off the foot. So after a few times of wearing them, you realize that the pain is unbearable and head back to the shoe store to start the horrible process again. This is why I have a collection of uncomfortable business-appropriate shoes in my closet, and added one more pair yesterday. We'll see how long these ones last.
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So true.
shoe stores need to let us borrow the shoes and wear them for 8-10 hours so we can see how they really feel during a normal day. but since they don't do that, i usually only buy shoes that cost less than $15 (hooray for payless and target!). that way, i don't feel bad about tossing them if they hurt.
Welcome to my world! I have at least 30 pairs of shoes - I wear the same pair every day. I'll put a pair on with grand intentions of wearing them the whole day, but after walking back and forth though my house a few times, I kick them off and don the comfortable-but-not-very-stylish pair....Oh well! At least I'm pain-free for the day!
mckenna went into the garage the other day and took out a pair of shoes that don't fit her anymore that i had put in a box to give away...and wore them to school! i was sleeping, because i worked the night before and ira did not know the difference. she did this because they matched her outfit...
yes, beauty can be painful! lol!
hey emily,
can we borrow your keyboard? i'd like to use it to help ashley learn some songs for honor choir.
thanks,
karen barker
Karen - go for it! Let me know when you are finished and we can arrange a time for me to get it. I'd rather see it used for a good purpose right now than sitting in the church because I can't ever remember to come get it!
thanks! i'll probably bring it home tomorrow (Tuesday). call or e-mail me if you need it for any reason. all our contact info is on the church members website. ashley's going to be mary in the children's xmas musical -- hope you can come see it!
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