If The Shoe Fits, Buy It
I love shoes. I love their structure, they're like sculptures. I love all the designs and patterns and colors and textures. I love everything about shoes.
Except wearing them.
Even before my current state of big fat swollen ankle I had a terrible time with shoes. Back in my disco days I was famous for falling off my platforms, sliding out of my espadrilles.
I once got a heel stuck in a subway grate and left one shoe there as the other shoe, with me in it, boarded the train.
At the Minneapolis airport, while on a business trip, I ran toward the gate with heels in hand to catch the last flight of the day. As I arrived, waving wildly at the gate agent, one of the shoes in my hand went flying across the waiting area. Thankfully it didn't hit anyone. This was pre absurd security procedures. Now I probably would have been taken down.
Today my shoe adventures revolve around what will fit and feel the most comfy.
SIX WORD SATURDAY
31 comments:
Sounds to me like shoes are almost your.. arch enemy. ;)
Me too...
and buy in all the colors!! <-my six words!!
Come view my 6 words here I hope to see you stop by!!
Ah shoes. Love 'em and hate 'em. I discovered that boots and sandals are my best my best for comfort and walkability. I can fall off my barefeet .. and have
Hilarious! I thought you were writing about me for a minute ;)
Six words for you: Nothing like finding a comfortable shoe!
At this point in my life, I hate shoes. Have to wear Rx shoes. Prefer sneakers.
Shoes are tomorrow's bunions and today's vanity... a blokes perspective( he who think shoes from a thrift store are too expensive)
The little children know that "shoes" mean you go somewhere. I will allow slippers in the house, but absolutely no outside shoes. Could you imagine how dirty this place would be if all eight people tromped in their muddy shoes?
As I was reading your post, I wondered if there weren't prescription shoes or some sort of special support gear that might be helpful. It might not look pretty, though, but who cares?
PS. Thought of you yesterday after I was accused of promoting the feminist agenda. I was going, I can't wait to blog this. I wonder what Dianne will say about me being a feminist? LOL
I hate wearing shoes. I wear my croc's so much.
Happy 6WS
Caroline
I am tending toward the comfortable these days too, but still love finding a great pair...if the heel is not very high.
~me and shoes have never been friends...barefoot almost always...i l♥ve the vibrant colors in this photo...beautiful! brightest blessings~
hilary - I love a good pun :)
anni - absolutely in all the colors :)
daryl - I find it hard to picture you clumsy, you're far too graceful :)
studio - isn't it cool to know it's not just you LOL
magical - excellent 6 words
bobbie - my Rx shoes don't fit when the ankle swells
how's that for irony ;)
john - you get no arguement from me, not at this stage of my fashion life :)
mrs c - none of us wear shoes inside either for much the same reason - the mess ends at the side door ;)
I read your femmie post and loved it
and you
croley - I was addicted to my Uggs all winter
jeanie - I read that flats are in again, isn't that great!? :)
faerwillow - I'm glad you like the photo
thanks :)
I'm a bare foot girl. I hate to wear shoes. I'm bare foot right now and will be all day unless I have to go somewhere. then I wear sandals. And heels? Never ever ever...ever. One of my biggest grumbles about winter is that I have to wear some sort of shoes to keep my feet warm. Moccasins. I like moccasins.
Comfortable shoes are the "white whale" in the lives of many women!
OMG, I LOVE this shot Dianne!
The color is freakin' AMAZING!
The image looks surreal; almost like how you would see something in a dream.
This post reminded me of my first pair of plateform shoes I got back in the early 70's. I recall running to catch a subway and trippng over my feet because I was not use to walking in such high heels!
I felt like a new born fawn trying to stand for the first time!#?!*
Hope you're having a wonderful Saturday, dear lady.
X to you and the gang!
You want pain AND shoes then take a 17-year old with size 11+ feet shopping and deal with her getting frustrated and bitchy when none of the "cute shoes" fit the feet she inherited from her father. Oh yea, good times. NOT!
I have an extra toe , my left feet.. I custom made my shoes... LOVE your six words!
Happy Saturday! Have a truly blessed weekend! Mine is here hugs shakira
I love shoes and hate them too. I have a zillion pairs but none of them are comfortable any more. It is because I have gained so much weight and also have bunions! But I shall always love pretty shoes...and always wish they wouldn't hurt my feet so badly!
Linda @ truthful Tidbits
Lovely shoes on a lady...sexy.
I loved your post, even though I am so not about shoes. Well, not *sexy* ones anyway. Give me a pair of Converse All Stars and I can conquer the world. :)
Every once in a while I lose my mind and buy a pair of uncomfortable shoes, which includes anything with a heel over 1.5", thinking "I'll wear them! They're so pretty, I'll wear them!" I never wear them. Or I wear them once, get a terribly sore back the next day, and then never wear them again. Oh well. There are plenty of cute sensible shoes to chose from.
Ah yes, I can relate to this one. Oh how I loved shoes. Those days are long gone, now I'm looking only for comfort.
I love shoes too. I used to have quite a collection, but my feet don't like most of them anymore. :(
Happy SWS
From the ages of six through about sixty, shoes were my passion. When I went to college, I had 27 pairs, and since then I've seldom had fewer.
But, nowadays all I ever want to wear are my (fake) crocs. They are like going barefoot without the threat of damage to my feet.
Great story--thanks for the chuckles!! Have completely given up on shoes: love looking, no point to buying...
LOL, they would have totally tackled you for the shoe at the airport thing if it happened today. I like beautiful shoes, too. But I don't like wearing them nearly as much.
I would have loved to have seen you in your disco days Dianne! Since I grew up ‘urban’ –see kinda ghetto. I love shoes too. I used to have 2 pairs of K-Swiss still in the box, and they were only the sneaks. I love expensive imported Italian especially. Now though, in the middle of nowhere, not only do I have no real shoes; I’d have nowhere to wear them if I did.
ellen - I was addicted to my Uggs this winter
trisha - so true :)
ron - we would have been hilarious at the disco together
linda - I've been a 9 all my life, my niece a 10
we understand :)
shakira - custom shoes are so expensive but I bet they feel good
linda - bunions and extra weight - yes, I know those well :)
travis - they can be very sexy :)
el vigilante - Converse can be very sexy :)
sparkling - flats are in! flats are in!
how cool is that
linda - I do miss that feeling of slipping on the heels and immediately feeling so sexy
and the click of my heels on the tiles at work
amanda - me too :)
kenju - there's nothing like comfort
ds - same here, the looking is enough for me
3 men/lady - I know!! I would have become a terrorist incident
scott - I was a hot mess in those days LOL
I can picture you and your K-Swiss
I'm still a martyr to fashionable shoes, though I only wear my really ornamental (killer heels)shoes when I don't have to walk very far - like into a taxi and out of a taxi to a bar stool! LOL
Very funny! I shoed think you'd wanta wear comfy ones now!
Oh My God! I loved your shoe stories, Dianne! They made my day! LOLOLOLOL! Great photo of the shoe store, too.
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