Look down...What Do Your Shoes Say About You?

I love shoes!!!

I wore heels all the time back in the day. I still have a half dozen pair that I wear with cocktail dress, dress pants etc. That’s not including all my dance shoes, they all have a heel of some kind.

Thw rest of the time I have favorite brands that I pretty much live in...Taos and Dansco are my favorites because they have excellent arch support which align perfectly with my arch. It isn’t high, but without appropriate arch support I struggle with Plantar Fasciitis. Even my everyday summer flip flops have a raised arch..Reef and Earth Origins and Keen, and Chaco sandals.
 
Gary O' said:
Righteous as in slang from yesteryear for very cool

I know its been a few months, but welcome to SF
You add some unique pizazz to this place
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Pizzaz, that's what the lady on the checkout says whenever I shop for our groceries. And I thought that she was taking the pizzaz!
Gary, you're a charmer, (but I love it.)
 

Meanderer said:
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Mine are similar, keeping the brown leather clean without staining the white is something that takes a lot of time and patience.

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I really miss the days when I was a teen. My older brother was a manager in a shoe store and in those days the store was closed on Sunday. So my brother would take us there on a Sunday to let us shop. It was wonderful with just the 3 of us in the the store. We tried on dozens of shoes. When we saw what we liked my brother would put them aside and buy them the next day for me and my sister. Of course, my Dad would give him the money to pay for them.
 
I love shoes, and while I don't have an extensive collection to my name, I always get so excited when I go out shopping for a new pair of shoes.

When I was young and growing, prior to the start of school each fall, we'd get a new school wardrobe which consisted of new shoes (if we needed them), and as soon as I would get home I would put on the clean shoes fresh out of the box and wear them around the house. It was the only time shoes were allowed in the house. :)
 
Nathan, when I was in business with my brother we had an employee who made us laugh. In the UK, the term thong, refers to either swimwear or underwear, it means that the crotch part of the garment is so small it could easily pass as a cheese cutter. In fact some say cheese cutter as a pseudonym for thong.
One of our employees went down under to his brother's wedding. He was greeted with the term thong, as in: "Lets get you into a pair of thongs." (because of the heat.) The alarmed fellow need not of worried, he discovered that in Aussie-speak, thong is a term for flip-flops.
 
horseless carriage said:
Nathan, when I was in business with my brother we had an employee who made us laugh. In the UK, the term thong, refers to either swimwear or underwear, it means that the crotch part of the garment is so small it could easily pass as a cheese cutter. In fact some say cheese cutter as a pseudonym for thong.
One of our employees went down under to his brother's wedding. He was greeted with the term thong, as in: "Lets get you into a pair of thongs." (because of the heat.) The alarmed fellow need not of worried, he discovered that in Aussie-speak, thong is a term for flip-flops.
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They were called thongs here until not too many years ago. The term fell out of favor when it started being applied to bottom-wear styles (underwear and bathing suits).

I wear slippers, flip-flops, Merrill clog type slides, athletic shoes (various brands) or warm boots. For dressy events I wear fancy heels, but always tuck flat ballerina-type flats in my purse for dancing!

I've never been a shoe-aholic.
 
Last Rites

Well, they're done
Several clicks passed Shoe Goo
(I've used about three tubes per shoe over the years)

Nothing to Goo anymore...

That's where my toes live;
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The uppers still have several miles of abuse left

and the tread still has some thickness (yet to feel the rocks on my socks)

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But, sending 'em to heel heaven

G'bye, ol' soles
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Sad now

Heh, I have two more pair, brand new, still in the box
Not the highest priced, not the lowest

I'm no shoe slut
Once I like a pair, I go back to the store and wipe out their stock
(size 14 EEE ain't all that common)
Thinkin' that's at least 10 more years 'til I shop

Heh, I'll be 82 and shopping for slippers

Speaking of.....

Converted an ol' pair of knock arounds to sandals;
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Over all, I do spend major money on good shoes

Just not very often
 
Gary O' said:
Last Rites

Well, they're done
Several clicks passed Shoe Goo
(I've used about three tubes per shoe over the years)

Nothing to Goo anymore...

That's where my toes live;
View attachment 165287

The uppers still have several miles of abuse left

and the tread still has some thickness (yet to feel the rocks on my socks)

View attachment 165289


But, sending 'em to heel heaven

G'bye, ol' soles
View attachment 165288

Sad now

Heh, I have two more pair, brand new, still in the box
Not the highest priced, not the lowest

I'm no shoe slut
Once I like a pair, I go back to the store and wipe out their stock
(size 14 EEE ain't all that common)
Thinkin' that's at least 10 more years 'til I shop

Heh, I'll be 82 and shopping for slippers

Speaking of.....

Converted an ol' pair of knock arounds to sandals;
View attachment 165297

Over all, I do spend major money on good shoes

Just not very often
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In the Spring, a man should smell like dirt!
 
My shoes say I'm thrifty and frugal but not to the point of being totally cheap. That I care enough to wear something that looks decent, but I don't really have any sort of fashion sense or desire to impress people with my shoes.

When I'm working in the yard my shoes show that I am totally cheap and very utilitarian to the point of just having enough on my feet to provide protection from the elements or whatever I'm working on and/or in.

When I dress up my shoes are still rather utilitarian and reasonable. They show I care enough to have decent shoes but once again nothing that makes people take notice one way or another.

I have had one pair of interesting shoes my wife insisted I get when we were in Venice, Italy and I enjoyed wearing those from time to time but they eventually wore out and I threw them out. They didn't even make it as yardwork shoes.
 
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