Well, last spring, I did get a replacement pair. And I was excited because they were so close to my favorite shoe. I wore the replacement pair around for a few days, deemed them worthy, but I couldn't get rid of the old pair; I just bequeathed them space in the rear of my closet. Then I wore the replacements to Ireland. And I got blisters. I didn't get a little tiny baby blister but the sort of blister that... COVERED THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF MY FOOT!!!!!!!!!!! On BOTH feet- 1 on each heel and one on each 'ball' of my feet. And on the tops of my toes and the side of each pinky toe and on the back heel of my left foot. (These blisters actually left a sort of weird type of scarring on the bottoms of my feet in the form of discoloration of the skin in the blister shaped pattern that remains today) I was in utter misery because this happened on the first day of my trip to Dublin. I never wore the shoes again. I have no idea why I even lugged the bastards home from Europe because when I got here, I showed Daddy-O my feet, bought blister pads, and threw the offending footwear in the nearest Dumpster- And yes, I'm sure there was some starving person to whom I could've given these shoes but I would've felt terrible if my charity shoes ruined someone else's feet- what if I cursed them? Here's a picture of the offenders!
Okay, so today Daddy-O and I went shopping and lo- and behold- I got another replacement pair for the replacements. And these are Sketchers, which is what I should've bought in the first place rather then the cheap knock offs that about made my feet fall off- literally! I love love love my Sketcher tennise shoes so if these are even one tenth as comfortable and don't leave blisters, then they could be the perfect pair of casual shoes!
So there they are: the NEW replacements, part deux. And a cute green Nine & Co. bag.
In Shoes We Trust,
Maggie
Maggie
4 comments:
Adoreable! Do you have tiny feet or do I just have giant ones? Don't answer that.
Oh that blister description just about killed me and I can take wound stories all the way! I cannot bare for anything to happen to feet though as they are precious beings and oh so necessary.
Glad you found some worthy looking replacements. Sketchers(or Skeeechers as my mom calls them) have got comfort down pretty well. :D
Shan, I could just about kiss you for implying I have small feet! They're a size 9!
I won't begin to tell you what my feet looked like when I was taking ballet classes...
I loved your brown chunky shoes! And that purse ROCKS!!!
You might have to take me where you went cause I might have to get a pair. I need something to wear other than tennis shoes and flip flops!
Hecate- Shoe Carnival it is! (They weren't cheap but if I wear these for 10 years like I did my last pair, then I think I'll get my $40 out of it!)
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