Shoes
Yes, shoes. It's right there in the blog title, right? Next week I'm blogging about ships.
One of my errands last week was to buy shoes. I have a few charity walks coming up in the next few weeks, and my running shoes (yeah, I walk in running shoes; walking shoes don't do it for me) are shot. Too many miles on 'em, I guess.
It took trying on every pair in Sports Authority, but I found some. After getting home I realized that I need to clean up the closet, my shoes are getting out of control. I feel like Imelda Marcos.
The inventory:
- New running shoes
- Old running shoes (now gardening shoes because they got pretty muddy this weekend)
- Cross-trainers (for the gym, and they have a stiff enough sole that I can bike in them)
- Bike shoes
- Light hiking boots
- Heavier hiking boots (if I had to keep only one pair of shoes, I'd go with these)
- Lined heavy-duty boots for snow
- Cowboy boots (very plain brown leather Fryes. I bought these in high school and have resoled them twice.)
- A pair of "sneakers" that look like Keds. (I was thinking that wearing my running/gym shoes for errands and so on was wearing them out too fast, and since althletic shoes are expensive, I got these cheap shoes. The funny thing is, when I was a kid, sneakers pretty much came in the Keds style for girls and the Chuck Taylor All-Star style for boys. I wanted Chucks and got Keds.)
- Chucks (lowtop, blue. A frivolous purchase, but I heard rumors that Nike was going to discontinue them when they bought Converse.)
- Sandals (the sport kind...heavy soles and wide straps)
- Sandals(the other sports kind...black rubber slides)
- Sandals (bought to go with a pair of accidentally-purchased ankle pants. Worn once. Likely destined for Goodwill.)
- Black leather short boots for work
- Brown leather short boots for work
- Black pumps (to wear with my one black dress, suitable for weddings, funerals, job interviews and court appearances.)
So I have sixteen pairs of shoes, only two pair of which are for work. Yet I spend, what, half my shoe-wearing time at the office?
Clearly I need a job where athletic shoes, hiking boots, or Chuck Taylor All-Stars are acceptable footwear. Or better yet, a job I can do in my socks.
Posted by Nic at November 5, 2003 02:11 PM
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