It's almost like I'm normal.
Jun. 8th, 2008 12:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elwenAfter three trips in the past month to buy shoes, I may be approaching something like a "normal" shoe wardrobe. Or not.
For a long time, I had only 3 pairs of shoes:
- sneakers, which I wore pretty much all the time
- flip-flips, which I wore for short trips if I was too lazy to put on my sneakers
- black dress shoes, for choir concerts and other dress-up type things
Every so often I would switch to a new pair of sneakers as the old ones wore out, but that was pretty much the limit of my shoe shopping.
Then I realized that I would need more pairs of dress shoes for work this summer. I can't stand anything more than 1" heels, and I don't put up very well with even those, so the first shoe-shopping trip was a complete wash. I managed to find 2 pairs that were acceptable the second time, thus tripling my selection when trying to match my similarly-limited wardrobe of business casual clothes.
Then, during the past two choir concerts, I realized that standing in heels for several hours, after walking around in them all day, was not fun. So I decided that before we go on tour in China this summer, I'd better get some more comfortable shoes. I went to do that today, after walking to the Stanford Shopping Center from Escondido Village. In the process, I discovered that I also should get more comfortable shoes for just walking around in China, since apparently my current pair of sneakers is not providing the desired amount of support. Surprisingly, I actually found things I liked, though I bought them online instead of in the way-too-upscale-for-me department stores at Stanford Shopping Center. So in a few days, I'll get to add 2 more pairs to my collection.
Incidentally, the online shoe market is ridiculous. It's so competitive that they all offer free shipping and free return shipping with a long returns period. Clearly, shoes are marked up way too much. Stupid market for brand names.
But yeah, now that I've made a post about shoes, I will return to the usual programming of dorky anime and law-related posts.
For a long time, I had only 3 pairs of shoes:
- sneakers, which I wore pretty much all the time
- flip-flips, which I wore for short trips if I was too lazy to put on my sneakers
- black dress shoes, for choir concerts and other dress-up type things
Every so often I would switch to a new pair of sneakers as the old ones wore out, but that was pretty much the limit of my shoe shopping.
Then I realized that I would need more pairs of dress shoes for work this summer. I can't stand anything more than 1" heels, and I don't put up very well with even those, so the first shoe-shopping trip was a complete wash. I managed to find 2 pairs that were acceptable the second time, thus tripling my selection when trying to match my similarly-limited wardrobe of business casual clothes.
Then, during the past two choir concerts, I realized that standing in heels for several hours, after walking around in them all day, was not fun. So I decided that before we go on tour in China this summer, I'd better get some more comfortable shoes. I went to do that today, after walking to the Stanford Shopping Center from Escondido Village. In the process, I discovered that I also should get more comfortable shoes for just walking around in China, since apparently my current pair of sneakers is not providing the desired amount of support. Surprisingly, I actually found things I liked, though I bought them online instead of in the way-too-upscale-for-me department stores at Stanford Shopping Center. So in a few days, I'll get to add 2 more pairs to my collection.
Incidentally, the online shoe market is ridiculous. It's so competitive that they all offer free shipping and free return shipping with a long returns period. Clearly, shoes are marked up way too much. Stupid market for brand names.
But yeah, now that I've made a post about shoes, I will return to the usual programming of dorky anime and law-related posts.
