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Yes, I wear shoes, in rotation right now are black suede slip-ons, purple flip-flops, hiking style lace up snow boots, work-out sneakers, fluff-lined croc-ripoffs and, um, slipper socks. Yes I have more than one pair. Slip on or lace. I call the shoes shoes, the boots boots, the flip flops flip flops.....usw. No dress or casual specification here, although I would probably not wear my flipflops to a funeral. I change shoes when my activity requires it. Assuming I was sensible enough to bring other footwear with me. Do I walk in my shoes? No, I run everywhere. No, shoes for sitting around in -slipper-sox if it's really cold, like this morning. Not a shoe-freak, no. No, we do not have cosy chats. But they are my friend to the extent that i don't wear shoes that hurt or damage my feet. Of course you can have more than one type of shoe. yes, almost all my shoes are black. Exception is flipflops and exercise sneakers, and them only because black wasn't an option for what i needed when i needed them.Yes, because all my pants are black. No they are not lovely. no, but only because your feet are too big. yes, my great-grandparents had shoes and an inordinate number of recipes for them.

All kinds of shoes
several
laces and slip-ons
I call them shoes
I specify "dress" shoes or "casual" shoes and I call them something else entirely
depends on the weather, occasion, etc.
yes
yes
better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
not really, they're shoes
yes
yes
sometimes
eh
no, you'll ruin them
I guess so.

Tell us what you're gonna do tonight, mama.
There must be someplace you can go
In the middle of the tall drinks and the drama,
there must be someone you know.

God knows, you're lookin' good enough,
but you're so smooth and the world's so rough.
You might have somethin' to lose.
Oh, no, pretty mama, what you gonna
do in those shoes?

--The Eagles

I love the shoe responses. I need to get a pic of the sorta orthopedic but actually look great with pants shoes I just bought (to replace my shoes with holes galore.) They look nice enough. Not good for skirts, but maybe I'll find some decent ones this spring.

My current tenny-humps are 3 year old Reeboks that seem to last and last. I can't wear those to work though.

And, thanks, sexobon...I will use my new user title!

CRUEL SHOES

Anna knew She had to have a new pair of shoes today, and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily, "Well, that's it. That’s every pair of shoes in the place."
"Oh, you must have one more pair. . . .”
"No, not one more . . . . Well, we have the cruel shoes, but no one would want to try . . .
“Yes, let me see the cruel shoes!"
"No, you don't understand, you see, the cruel shoes are . . .'
"Get them!"
Carlo disappeared into the back room for a moment, and then reappeared carrying an ordi*nary shoebox. He took off the lid and re*moved a hideous pair of black and white pumps. But this was not an ordinary pair of black and white pumps; both were left feet, one had a right angle turn with sepa*rate compartments that pointed the toes in impossible directions. The other shoe was six inches long and was curved inward like a rocking chair with a vise and razor blades to hold the foot in place.
Carlo spoke hesitantly, ". . . Now you see . . . they' re not fit for humans . . ." "Put them on me."
"But... "Put them on me!"
Carlo knew all arguments were useless. He knelt down before her and forced the feet into the shoes.
The screams were incredible.
Anna crawled over to the mirror and held her bloody feet up where she could see.
"I like them."
She paid Carlo and crawled out of the store into the street.
Later that day, Carlo was overheard saying to a new customer, "Well, that's it. That’s every pair of shoes in the place. Unless, of course, you'd like to try the cruel shoes."

From Cruel Shoes, Steve Martin

In These Shoes

I once met a man with a sense of adventure
He was dressed to thrill wherever he went
He said "Let's make love on a mountain top
Under the stars on a big hard rock"
I said "In these shoes?
I don't think so."
I said "Honey, let's do it here."

So I'm sitting at a bar in Guadalajara
In walks a guy with a faraway look in his eyes
He said "I've got as powerful horse outside
Climb on the back, I'll take you for a ride
I know a little place, we can get there for the break of day."
I said "In these shoes?
No way, Jose."
I said "Honey, let's stay right here."

Then I met an Englishman
"Oh" he said
"Won't you walk up and down my spine,
It makes me feel strangely alive."
I said "In these shoes?
I doubt you'd survive."
I said "Honey, let's do it.
Let's stay right here."

kirsty maccoll rip

Mais, bien sur!

I usually don't wear thrift store shoes, but these sneakers were practically new. I think they even had a tag still on them. I figured they probably belonged to some teenager who was too embarrassed to wear them to school because they are some generic brand.

Black Ecco for daily wear - I'm on my feet a LOT and they stand up well (no pun intended). LL Bean insulated Maine Hunting Boots for winter and wet, great boots. An old pair of work boots for general knocking around that replaced a pair that had to be 20 years old - those were like bedroom slippers, sad to see them finally self destruct.

I have a lot of shoes. I don't throw them away. The old ones get relegated to lawn mowing duty, and I have a few pairs of those. I bet I have between a dozen and 15 sets of footwear.

If I'm at my friends' house, and decide to walk over to the mom and pop grocery for cigs or beer or whatever, and it's snowed recently and it's really fresh because it's a great big parking lot that gets little traffic on that side...I'll walk in circles and figure eights and loops and swing backward then go forward again. I do it so if someone is walking by later and sees it they'll be like WTF was wrong with that person? Usually I'm by myself just laughing and laughing. I love to amuse myself. Yes, I'm 12. ;)

I imagine it looks like Billy going home in Family Circus, sans Dead Grandpa:

re: shoes

occasionally I buy a women's fashion magazine. In the latest issue of Vogue (or was it Elle?) I swear, HALF the issue was devoted to fancy shoe ads.

And when I say "fancy" I mean shoes costing hundreds of dollars, some in the thousands. Shoes I couldn't fit in even if I had the money. Shoes that would hurt excruciatingly even if I could fit in them and had the money for.

Why? Why the obsession over shoes? Just . . . (scratches head)

Black or Brown wingtips depending on what suit I'm wearing during the day. Black or Brown boots in the evening depending on what belt and holster they are meant to match.
Cleats on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday nights. Usually white but I've had my eye on a new pair of pink ones.