If you got a surprise $100 right now

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

I do need new shoes and am in the process of looking for a pair.

I never met a woman who didn't or wasn't.

[DanaC]

The feminist in me wants to shoot that right down...

The boot phreak in me has an eye on some new sketchers...

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I never met a woman who didn't or wasn't.

A pair of running shoes, ha! Mine is actually falling apart and has been for months. The bottom is flapping and my sister is afraid I may trip and fall one day. She's actually the one who's urging to get a new pair. In any case, there's nothing wrong with always looking at a new pair of shoes.

[Lola Bunny]

Originally Posted by DanaC

The feminist in me wants to shoot that right down...

The boot phreak in me has an eye on some new sketchers...

Sketchers have some nice shoes, huh.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

The feminist in me wants to shoot that right down...

The boot phreak in me has an eye on some new sketchers...

You see? It's universal. But it's not your fault, it's part of the culture. For guys it's will it fit and do the job, but for girls it's part of the wardrobe, the outfit, like the mentioned blue shoes to go with blue slacks. I'm not being critical, it's just a fact you feel better when that shit matches.

OK, now we have the problem of not just black or brown, (plus white sneakers), you've got colors and shades of colors to consider. Not even getting into styles.
Since shoe stores aren't the paint store where they whip up what you want, you're at the mercy of what some gay dude thinks will be fabulous this season. Of course you don't have anything that goes with this season's hot fuchsia, but if you have a couple extra bucks you better grab them because next year when the hot fuchsia makes it to the slack racks you can afford, those shoes will be ancient history.

That's why most every woman I've ever known was missing a pair of shoes her wardrobe needed, and she was on a constant hunt.

I don't approve, but I understand.

[monster]

I have absolutely no interest in shoes.

NONE.

but my daughter would put the genetically engineered child of Imelda Marcos and Ivana Trump to shame, so i guess my share just got delayed and passed on.....

[henry quirk]

...I'd buy coffee, cigarettes, and pizza later.

[Sundae]

Bruce I have to disagree.
Now I love shoes. I admit. Shoe shop windows draw me like jewellers windows.
But my damned feet won't let me wear half the shoes I crave.
Still, I crave them.

When I was 21 I took someone else's boyfriend on a weekend away (I'd just dumped mine) and he laughed at me with my nose pressed against the window of Hobbes. "I can't help it!" I said, "I love looking at shoes!"
"You and every other woman I know" he said.

Cold bucket of water or what?
Not very gallant at least.

And that was the first time I realised that liking sparkly things, pink, wanting to touch lush fabrics, craving red shoes however unsuitable was simply part of being a woman. I was a tomboy. I have no idea even now what is this season or last season or last time I had a decent payday.

I love flats and flipflops to walk in. All the time, even in Winter if I can get away with it. I love anything that brings me up to Limey's height - I missed my target by a good few inches growing up. I love leopardskin, patent and kitten heels, boots and wedges.

My shoes go with everything I wear. My style is a cross between eclectic and bag lady. If I had the money it would be Helena Bonham-Carter.

So you see, it's not always taught. Some women are shoe-magpies is all.

[DanaC]

Ahh, see, it's not really something driven by the need to match various fashions and shades. It's really just a love of boots. I really like boots. I'm generally on the look out for a new pair, because I wear them to death. I like good boots. And biker boots. And baseball boots.

But all my boots have to go with multiple things and I generally only have one or two wearable pairs at a time.

The real reason for the constant search though...is I am in search of the perfect boot. I have a notion thinly sketched in my mind of the boots I want. And I am constantly on the lookout for something that matches that picture. Along the way i tend to see other nice boots and find it hard to resist them in the meantime, as i continue my everlasting quest :P

Every so often , like once every ten years or so, I find the perfect pair, and then by the time they die fashion has moved on and nobody is making boots like I want them :P

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

...I'd buy coffee, cigarettes, and pizza later.

I'll be right over!

[Pico and ME]

Infi...have you tried Shoe Carnival online? I was able to find canvas Converses that were exactly what I was looking for and couldnt find anywhere around here...even in the Shoe Carvival store.

I dont know what exactly you are looking for, but here are several choices...

Blue Shoes (just keep scrolling for some blue ones)

[infinite monkey]

Thanks Pico! I already see a pair that might work. I'll look more tomorrow.

[Pico and ME]

Yay!! Good hunting!

[Griff]

That's gathering, hunting's man's work.

[Pico and ME]

Yabutt, I didnt go gathering for a good deal on a washer and dryer today...I went hunting for it - 3 different places - and I found it and got it too.