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1. #101
   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:49 pm, MarcoPolo said:

   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:28 pm, old goat said:

   notice a common thread in the comments here? Ben Franklin would be proud of us. While politicians spend $100,000 for toilets and $540 for shoes — we need more tightwads running the gov’t(-:

   Mark Sanford 2012!

2. #102
   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:49 pm, inspiredhome said:

   I get my shoes at Walmart. I wear sandals during the warm weather and dress boots when it’s cold. Both under $20. Last week we took our kids to the park. There was a box of running shoes with a free sign. My husband took several. Free works! Personally, I don’t like wearing shoes. I prefer to go barefoot or in socks.

3. #103
   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:50 pm, Mommaofmany said:

   I have THREE pairs of shoes. A pair of New Balance tennies that are about four years old, Payless Airwalk sandals, $10 on sale, and some slip on sandals that were also from Payless. I can’t imagine spending $540 on shoes, but if it’s HER money, it’s none of my business.

   Her husband needs to stop spending all of MY money before I even earn it.

4. #104
   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:50 pm, RTater said:

   Here’s a guy who really did have “a working class upbringing”, unlike Her Majesty.

   http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2009/05/maybe-stephon-marbury-could-teach-michelle-obama-something.html

   So when Marbury became Starbury, earning $17 million a year, he said “enough” — he would come out with a line of sneakers that sell for less than $15. He teamed with Steve & Barry’s University Sportswear, a national chain with 200 stores, and came out with the Starbury line of sneakers, hats and jerseys. Nothing sells for more than $14.98.

5. #105
   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:51 pm, Flyoverman said:

   Chap,

   One more thing. Do you suppose when I get everything, I should go to Emerald City to “click my heels.”

   I think I have found the right place to go.

   http://www.emeraldcitypensacola.com/

6. #106
   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:57 pm, WarEagle82 said:

   No, Chappy, I read the other posts. The difference is that evidently I comprehended the posts. But that is nothing new.

   And if you ever see me “carrying a torch” I suggest you and all your leftard buddies flee…

   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:45 pm, chapoutier said:
   Retard, maybe you missed the 20 or so comments before mine and the 50 or so comments after mine from all the other posters talking about their choice of footwear.

   Don’t be a tool just because you carry a torch for me.

7. #107
   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:58 pm, spaceycakes said:

   Why would she buy such ugly shoes? I don’t care how much something costs (I turned down some really ugly Gucci shoes–gasp) Did someone just have a pair of Lanvins lying around?

   ‘…these Louis Vuitton ones/you have to wait on them…I said gimme two pairs/I need two pairs/so I can get to stompin’ in my air force ones…’–Nelly

   St. Lou–you best recognize.

8. #108
   On May 1st, 2009 at 3:59 pm, 24Klady said:

   We all have choices on where to place or spend what disposable income we have. The poster that mentioned how frugal most of us are as opposed to the spending of those attempting to tell us how/when/how much we ‘should be’ spending is telling. Or, what bad kids we are because we find making our own decisions desirable over someone else telling us what to do.

   I’d rather have one good outfit than an entire closet of poor quality stuff. That’s just me. But, then I still have a dress coat I’ve worn for 20 years – and bought that on clearance at Macy’s. It’s not what you earn but what you keep.

9. #109
   On May 1st, 2009 at 4:00 pm, Paul Revere said:

   I have on some Ecco’s, but they were a whopping 75% off and only cost me $55…they are nice. At least I think they are. Nicer than Michelle Obama’s personality that’s for sure!

10. #110
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:04 pm, zeroangel said:

    WE82:

    Just WTF is your problem? Chap is among the most civil posters on this site.

    And if you ever see me “carrying a torch” I suggest you and all your leftard buddies flee…

    So, am I to understand that you want to set Chap and others on fire?

    Seriously, Chap can defend himself but it is stupid statements like that on this site that really annoy the hell out of me.

    What possible “high ground” could you occupy when you turn around and accuse liberals of hateful rhetoric? All they need to do is turn around and point to YOU.

    Posts like yours are precsiely what the liberals mock when they think of MM.

11. #111
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:08 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Z0,

    If you don’t like my posts you don’t have to read them.

    And for the record you are a dolt as well. Your last post proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt.

    Have a nice day.

12. #112
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:11 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!

    Now. Back to shoooooes. MMmmmmMmm

13. #113
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:12 pm, zeroangel said:

    WE82:

    I often don’t read your posts. The problem is anyone on the web can . So, when you start talking about setting people on fire because you don’t like their opinions it makes great fodder for the far-left to point at MM’s site and say we are all lunatics.

    Yes, have a nice day indeed. Try not to set anyone on fire.

14. #114
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:13 pm, fairyfoose said:

    Michelle’s (Obama, not Malkin’s) are UH-
    gly. Never could stand that look in sneakers.

    Me? I’m wearing Dansko clog’s I bought at full price. Working in a Children’s Hospital one needs functional footwear. I got tired of my feet aching. Granted, these are old, stained and showing scuff marks. Ms Obama wouldn’t be caught under the weather in them.

15. #115
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:14 pm, tbear44 said:

    I’m wearing Sorel snow boots and liners. They were $70 online and this is their second winter and they are holding up great. Soon: The brand new $100 Vasque Mantras. I have been waiting for summer to come so I can wear them. Where is Gorebal Warming when you need it?

16. #116
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:15 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    ZA,

    Thanks for again demonstrating you are an absolute driveling idiot. I said NOTHING about setting anyone on fire. Only you did.

    It must be hard to type when you are drooling all over your hands and keyboard…

17. #117
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:17 pm, zeroangel said:

    WE82:

    No, you implied it. Why else should anyone flee if you are carrying a torch?

    My mistake, perhaps you only intended to impale Chap with your pitchfork whilst you used the torch for lighting?

18. #118
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:17 pm, zyzzyg said:

    MEOW

19. #119
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:21 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    ZeroIntelligence,

    I am typing this response slowly as you evidently don’t read very quickly.

    Read the following and think on it for some time. Take the advice to heart. It will be immensely helpful to you some day if you can master this simple bit of advice.

    “Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

20. #120
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:21 pm, Jeddite said:

    You’d almost think, in a thread about shoes, that the hostilities would be coming from the double-X humans…

21. #121
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:23 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I like Crocs, cuz you can put kewl little animals and stuff on them!

22. #122
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:24 pm, tbear44 said:

    BTW I know $100 is a lot for a pair of shoes–at least to me it is. But if they last more than a year it’s worth it. Just sayin…

23. #123
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:25 pm, moonsbreath said:

    I’m barefoot right now, but my shoe of choice is flip flops…$3 from Walmart.

24. #124
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Crocs are the most awful development since pretty much anything. What an abomination!

    All Crocs should be heaped into a pile so I can use my torch to right another great wrong…

25. #125
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:27 pm, zeroangel said:

    WE82:

    Do you honestly think your tired clichés and completely unoriginal jibes have even the slightest effect on me?

    You are a perfect example of what the far-left mocks. It is lunatics like you that give the hippies and communists fodder to point at and paint all fiscally-conservative, pro-defense types as knuckle-dragging morons with torches and pitchforks.

    I honestly think the Republican party would be much better off if venomous mouth-breathers like yourself just stayed at home.

26. #126
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:28 pm, Ragspierre said:

    You’d almost think, in a thread about shoes, that the hostilities would be coming from the double-X humans…

    Harsh…

    but stereotypically delicious…!!!

27. #127
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:29 pm, zeroangel said:

    Jeddite:

    You’d almost think, in a thread about shoes, that the hostilities would be coming from the double-X humans…

    LOL. OK, good one.

28. #128
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:32 pm, Cadman said:

    Over my head.

29. #129
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:34 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    ZeroIntelligence,

    Yes, I believe my witty retorts will confound you and increase your moronic behavior. And by all indications my plan is exceeding my expectations!

    And as I have said here many times, which once again proves the point that you suffer from poor reading and comprehension and retention skills, that I am NOT a Republican any longer. And it is idiots like you and John McCain that led me to abandon what has become an utterly failed institution.

    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:27 pm, zeroangel said:

    Do you honestly think your tired clichés and completely unoriginal jibes have even the slightest effect on me?

    You are a perfect example of what the far-left mocks. It is lunatics like you that give the hippies and communists fodder to point at and paint all fiscally-conservative, pro-defense types as knuckle-dragging morons with torches and pitchforks.

    I honestly think the Republican party would be much better off if venomous mouth-breathers like yourself just stayed at home.

30. #130
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:39 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Aw, man.

    Er, aw, XY.

31. #131
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:39 pm, zeroangel said:

    WE82:

    Now that you mention it, I do recall you saying something about the Republican party not being conservative enough. Then again, I can’t be sure, like I said, I seldom read what you write anyhow.

    Anyhow, presumably since the party platform didn’t involve setting people on fire or impaling them with pitchforks, that was a problem for you.

    In any case, I didn’t like John McCain either, I felt he was conservative where I thought he should be liberal and vice-versa.

32. #132
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:41 pm, gippergirl said:

    am wearing a stylish pair of black bandolino stacked heels…very comfortable and complement any outfit…got them on sale for around $30…have to say my favorite are a pair of brand new manolos autographed by the designer himself…will hang onto those until I can turn a tidy profit on them…

33. #133
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:41 pm, Mimi1220 said:

    I don’t care for Michelle O at all. But, I am somewhat of a shoe snob – Cole Hahn, Paul Greene, Cole Hahn, Paul Greene…I regularly stimulate the economy.

34. #134
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:42 pm, graysonret said:

    Comfortable “sneakers” (as we used to call them, years ago). When you spend a lot of time on your feet, you need something that will be gentle to your feet.

35. #135
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:45 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    This guy just really wants to prove my point.

    Go back and read it one more time. S.L.O.W.L.Y. It hasn’t sunk in yet.

    Oh, and I bet your shoes suck too…

36. #136
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:51 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    I used to love Converse All Stars, the suede ones. When I was a teen all my white socks were stained blue in the shape of shoe uppers.

37. #137
    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:56 pm, Paul Revere said:

    They look like bowling shows to me, and we all know the Obama’s can’t bowl.

38. #138
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:00 pm, chapoutier said:

    zero,

    Don’t even bother. WarEagle is one of the most clueless posters here. I could literally say “Apple pie is tasty” and he would twist or lie or simply be too dull to comprehend my statement such that out of his pea brain that I some how said “Me and Osama Bin Laden threw apples at a bus full of nuns on their way to heal the lepers.”

39. #139
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:03 pm, cubbiegal said:

    I walk half-marathons and hopefully will be walking my first marathon this fall.
    Yeah-I’m nuts.
    Because of how much walking I do I wear good quality running shoes-Mizuno Wave Rider 11. My “runabouts” are from last season and were about $90.00.
    This year Mizuno is discontinuing the WR 11-so I got my serious pair for about $50.00.
    My feet suffer early in the walks if I go the Walmart sneaker route.
    I also have a pair of lime green Keen Ghillie sandals that I live in.

40. #140
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:05 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    I KNEW IT! “Apple pie is tasty” is one of their code phrases! It is just like these twisted leftards to twist an All-American dessert into some terrible, anti-American meaning!

    And Chappy HATES nuns and lepers!

    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:00 pm, chapoutier said:
    zero,

    Don’t even bother. WarEagle is one of the most clueless posters here. I could literally say “Apple pie is tasty” and he would twist or lie or simply be too dull to comprehend my statement such that out of his pea brain that I some how said “Me and Osama Bin Laden threw apples at a bus full of nuns on their way to heal the lepers.”

41. #141
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:05 pm, cubbiegal said:

    I should’ve said that my runabout were my serious shoes during last years’ half-marathon season

42. #142
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:08 pm, MarcoPolo said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:45 pm, WarEagle82 said:This guy just really wants to prove my point. Go back and read it one more time. S.L.O.W.L.Y. It hasn’t sunk in yet.

    Oh, and I bet your shoes suck too…

    You are soooo on your game today!

43. #143
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:11 pm, spaceycakes said:

    I have it on good authority that chap only dislikes leprous nuns.

44. #144
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:13 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm, WarEagle82 said:
    Crocs are the most awful development since pretty much anything. What an abomination!

    Ah, but you’re missing the beauty of Crocs! Buy a pair for the wife, and every birthday,Mother’s day, Christmas, all you got to buy are just the little animals and decorations and stuff. You can go on forever, save a bundle!

45. #145
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:16 pm, spaceycakes said:

    I wish we could also get a thread on jewelry…

    oooOOooOO

46. #146
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:19 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    Well, with all the rain we’ve had the past few days, I’m wearing a pair of almost 30 year old LLBean Maine Hunting Shoes that a neighbor’s teen-aged son outgrew in less than a year. We were living in military housing in Frankfurt am Main in Germany at the time, and my neighbor just gave them to me. The shoes are ugly, but my feet are dry!

    ECS

47. #147
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:21 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    No, “Mischievous Cheese,” I had not overlooked the decorations sometimes adorning these abominations! And if I were to buy my wife something like that at Christmas I shouldn’t have to worry about gifts in subsequent years…

    Maybe that is Baracks’s problem too?

    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:13 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 4:26 pm, WarEagle82 said:
    Crocs are the most awful development since pretty much anything. What an abomination!

    Ah, but you’re missing the beauty of Crocs! Buy a pair for the wife, and every birthday,Mother’s day, Christmas, all you got to buy are just the little animals and decorations and stuff. You can go on forever, save a bundle!

48. #148
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:22 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Which housing area did you live in in Frankfurt am Main 30 years ago?

    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:19 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:
    We were living in military housing in Frankfurt am Main in Germany at the time, and my neighbor just gave them to me.

    ECS

49. #149
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:26 pm, Ragspierre said:

    In segments like these in a thread…

    I am always put in mind of the words of that American sage…

    Rodney King…

50. #150
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:30 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Rodney King? Didn’t he play left field for the Mets in 1973?

51. #151
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:33 pm, dtb said:

    Hey FLOTUS

    I don’t make enough in a week BEFORE taxes to buy a pair of those. Can I get a shoe bailout?

52. #152
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:40 pm, 24Klady said:

    My daughter wears Manolos too, and gets them off Ebay. Brand new, in the box, but ‘the seller’ thought their feet were just a tad smaller than they actually were. Pinched toes! Love it!

53. #153
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:48 pm, fairyfoose said:

    WarEagle: what’s wrong w/Croc’s? they’re great for kicking around in the garden, as long as you don’t need to do any heavy shoveling.

    Cubbiegal, I buy expensive Addidas for my jogging. Quality shoes help runners go the distance. BTW, my Dansko’s were over $100 when I bought them 8 years ago.

    Spaceycakes: DID SOMEONE MENTION JEWELRY? I have friends who make it and I support the Economy by buying theirs for Christmas gifts.

54. #154
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:51 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Fairyfoose,

    Crocs are an abomination! They are ugly and smelly and dangerous and provide no ankle support and more ugly. Plus they remind me of Alec Baldwin for some reason…

    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:48 pm, fairyfoose said:
    WarEagle: what’s wrong w/Croc’s? they’re great for kicking around in the garden, as long as you don’t need to do any heavy shoveling.

55. #155
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:57 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Plus they remind me of Alec Baldwin for some reason…

    Boy,…

    you REALLY think they’re ugly….

56. #156
    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:58 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    I said “ugly” and “more ugly.”

    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:57 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Plus they remind me of Alec Baldwin for some reason…

    Boy,…

    you REALLY think they’re ugly….

57. #157
    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:12 pm, fairyfoose said:

    WarEagle82, They are handy to slip on and off if one has to run out into the yard to take out the trash or pick up the paper. They are not as comfortable as my EXPENSIVE Dansko clogs (look in any hospital at the footwear).They are more like Earth Shoes (I am dating myself again). I will not look down on you for looking down on my footwear. (hee, hee.)

58. #158
    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:16 pm, mikeg said:

    remember high top keds they made you run higher and jump faster,? black canvas high tops they were awesome!!!

59. #159
    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:18 pm, Jeff2161 said:

    So, how about zombie footwear ?
    

60. #160
    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:19 pm, Jeff2161 said:

    remember high top keds they made you run higher and jump faster,? black canvas high tops they were awesome!!!

    I was more of a Red Ball Jets boy, personally…

61. #161
    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:21 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 2:00 pm, spaceycakes said:
    Um, I’m wearing $300.00 Stuart Weitzman high heels.

    But, I’m at work.

    I paid for ‘em.

    We speak the same language.
    I just returned $465 Christian Louboutin shoes. They ran small but Barneys didn’t bother to mention that online. Oh, well.

62. #162
    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:30 pm, fairyfoose said:

    $300.00 and $465.00 for 2 shoes? Yikes! I can’t see it myself. On some level I am trying to get that Aloha Spirit here in the South Bay of SF area. Don’t go near Neimen Marcus shoe dept. That’s getting awfully close to Michelles’ $540 for 2 sneakers!

63. #163
    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:37 pm, John Deaux said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 5:00 pm, chapoutier said:
    “Me and Osama Bin Laden threw apples at a bus full of nuns on their way to heal the lepers.”

    Were they Icelandic zombie nuns? I hear they really hate apples.

64. #164
    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:41 pm, Storm Chaser said:

    I wore work boots I bought on sale for $12.50 four years ago. Later, I had to drive to town, and I wore oxfords I bought in 1996.

65. #165
    On May 1st, 2009 at 7:06 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 6:30 pm, fairyfoose said:
    $300.00 and $465.00 for 2 shoes? Yikes! I can’t see it myself. On some level I am trying to get that Aloha Spirit here in the South Bay of SF area. Don’t go near Neimen Marcus shoe dept. That’s getting awfully close to Michelles’ $540 for 2 sneakers!

    I figure I can get away with now … no kids. I can’t imagine spending that kind of money on myself after the fact, so I’m indulging now.

66. #166
    On May 1st, 2009 at 7:20 pm, fairyfoose said:

    30 pcs of silver, I don’t have kids either. Shoes have never been my thing. Imelda Marcos, I’m not. Clothes were my thing, not expensive, but lots of them. I indulge on fabric and more fabric (these days). This Spring it’s been the yard and Earth boxes for veggies. (Stupid GOPHER!) I will have to pull out my beaded flats, perhaps next Friday for Fabulous Footware Friday.

67. #167
    On May 1st, 2009 at 7:43 pm, Confutus said:

    Has the memory of that other famous collector of fine footwear for First Ladies, Imelda Marcos, faded yet?

68. #168
    On May 1st, 2009 at 8:46 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 7:20 pm, fairyfoose said:
    30 pcs of silver, I don’t have kids either. Shoes have never been my thing. Imelda Marcos, I’m not. Clothes were my thing, not expensive, but lots of them. I indulge on fabric and more fabric (these days). This Spring it’s been the yard and Earth boxes for veggies. (Stupid GOPHER!) I will have to pull out my beaded flats, perhaps next Friday for Fabulous Footware Friday.

    I’ve always liked nice things but there was a time when I couldn’t even think of owning any of it. Growing up in abject poverty and such. Not every that own is designer or premier designer. the trick is to own the stuff and not let it own you.

    We’re growing tomatoes and peppers. We’ll transplant them to the yard later this month. My husband has turned part of my kitchen into his very own laboratory.

    All the best with the veggies.

69. #169
    On May 1st, 2009 at 8:48 pm, nyk said:

    I don’t get what all the fuss is about (especially on a site where John McCain’s $520 Ferragamos got nary a (cloaked) criticism — in the midst of a campaign where he was constantly calling his opponent an “elitist”). I’ve paid $400 for boots (one super durable pair to deal with the winter weather in Alaska; another pair that was totally frivolous, red and high-heeled to wear out dancing). Big deal.
    For the record, paying $50 for flats — at Banana Republic, to boot — that you can get for $5 at most chains isn’t anything to gloat about — at least not where an attempt to win a contest in frugality is concerned.

70. #170
    On May 1st, 2009 at 8:50 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Not everyTHING that own is designer or premier designer. The trick is to own the stuff and not let it own you.

    Fixed that for myself.

71. #171
    On May 1st, 2009 at 8:56 pm, nyk said:

    Were they Icelandic zombie nuns? I hear they really hate apples.

    Went to Iceland this winter. Won’t be going back again soon. Just sharing.

72. #172
    On May 1st, 2009 at 9:14 pm, jrgdds said:

    Its her money; She is free to spend it how she pleases. But maybe, she could forgo the $540 tennis shoes and donate the money to La Raza. They could put it to good use. With that kind of money they could bring a family of 5 illegal aliens out of the shadows and into an apartment or use it to help buy another senator.

73. #173
    On May 1st, 2009 at 9:29 pm, ErinF said:

    Did taxpayers foot the bill? (Pardon the pun)

    …and I buy most of my shoes at Payless, and rarely spend more than $15 per pair.

74. #174
    On May 1st, 2009 at 9:55 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Shoes? Who’s wearing shoes today.

    Im wearing socks at the moment so guess thats a step up from the flip-flops on a normal work-day at home.

75. #175
    On May 1st, 2009 at 9:57 pm, Cal City Conservative said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 8:48 pm, nyk said:

    I don’t get what all the fuss is about (especially on a site where John McCain’s $520 Ferragamos got nary a (cloaked) criticism — in the midst of a campaign where he was constantly calling his opponent an “elitist”).

    Nobody cares what you have to say troll. Bugger off.

    Oh and if it escaped you Obama is president McCain isn’t. The resident idiot (BO) tells us we have to do without while they live large. Do you get it yet?

    Rest assured you are NOT one of the chosen but one of the serfs. No 500 dollar shoes for you.

76. #176
    On May 1st, 2009 at 10:02 pm, chotii said:

    A warning on Crocs (and knock-offs):

    They provide no support for your arch. I developed plantar fasciitis after wearing them regularly, and must now only wear shoes that can accommodate my new prescription orthotics.

    My shoes? Asic gel cross-trainers, $30 plus shipping on Ebay. With orthotics.

77. #177
    On May 1st, 2009 at 10:05 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I don’t get what all the fuss is about

    Uh, MM called it “gentle fun”. And for perspective…

    Mrs. Obama also bemoaned the amount of money she has to spend — nearly one-third of the median household income in Zanesville — on piano, dance, and other lessons for her two children.

    No, her shoes aren’t the problem…

78. #178
    On May 1st, 2009 at 10:15 pm, flmom said:

    Hmmmm $540, wouldn’t that pay for Obama’s half brother’s living expenses for like 40+ years?

79. #179
    On May 1st, 2009 at 10:24 pm, nyk said:

    No 500 dollar shoes for you.

    Actually, “$500 dollar shoes for [me]” whenever I want them! You have the money, you buy what you want. So “bugger off” yourself, you pathetic, anglophile idiot. Cheeky monkey.

    No, her shoes aren’t the problem…

    Oh, Aloha. With all due respect (and you are one of the very few regular commenters here I respect), I just think this is such a minor point to dwell on. If this and the flyover of my city is what you guys are steaming over these days (and you guys spend more time talking about that than ANYONE actually living in NYC does), we (the opposition, I mean) are in good shape.
    Anyway, nice to see you’re still around. I drop in so rarely, it seems like none of the old timers are still here.

80. #180
    On May 1st, 2009 at 11:02 pm, vsatt said:

    NYK, our host wasn’t boasting about frugality when she mentioned her shoes cost $50. She said she considered that a splurge at the time, but now it seems pretty frugal compared to $540. You might try reading what she actually writes before you go spouting off.

    If MO wants to spend over $500 for a pair of sneakers, yeah it’s her money and her right. But it was pretty insensitive and tone-deaf to wear those shoes while volunteering at a food bank. She could have gone with something more non-descript that wouldn’t have distracted from the good cause she was supporting. Besides, if you’re going to pay that kind of money for shoes, for heaven’s sake pick some that aren’t so butt-ugly. And while you’re at it, invest in some better tailored pants and sweaters that don’t look like they’re busting at the seams.

81. #181
    On May 1st, 2009 at 11:13 pm, John Deaux said:

    On May 1st, 2009 at 8:56 pm, nyk said:

    Were they Icelandic zombie nuns? I hear they really hate apples.

    Went to Iceland this winter. Won’t be going back again soon. Just sharing.

    Chappy! We found patient zero!

82. #182
    On May 1st, 2009 at 11:22 pm, gippergirl said:

    Great references…John McCain…Imelda Marcos…Let’s not forgot our most righteous Sarah Palin who was raked across the coals when the RNC provided her and her family w/apparel fr Neimans…

83. #183
    On May 1st, 2009 at 11:25 pm, nyk said:

    NYK, our host wasn’t boasting about frugality when she mentioned her shoes cost $50.

    She was. There was a tacit comparison. Otherwise, why mention the cost of your shoes? Come on. At least be honest.

    Chappy! We found patient zero!

    I always pegged you for the type that would conspire with liberals…

84. #184
    On May 1st, 2009 at 11:38 pm, nyk said:

    But it was pretty insensitive and tone-deaf to wear those shoes while volunteering at a food bank.

    And it was pretty beyond insensitive to not only play golf, but to claim that YOU WOULD NOT PLAY GOLF out of respect to the bereaved families of deceased Iraq war veterans, and then go and do it anyway. I’m just saying, stop the selective outrage. It’s silly.

85. #185
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 am, Common Sense said:

    My biggest shoe splurge was my Mammoth Croces – $39.99. I never spend more than $20 other than that. And I wear my shoes for years and years.

    I love my Crocs!

86. #186
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 am, AlohaGuy said:

    Oh, Aloha. With all due respect (and you are one of the very few regular commenters here I respect), I just think this is such a minor point to dwell on.

    Yeah, her shoes are no big deal, just ugly. I think MM just meant to have a little fun on a Friday with it. Her tweets were just having a giggle and she extended it here. BTW, I think the old-timers are lurking…but Chap seems to have moved to a place without electricity and has no Internet access at night. At least that’s what he tells his wife when he heads off to the bar with the hot babe bartender.

87. #187
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 7:54 am, deepdriller said:

    OK, I can’t really talk smack on this one…
    I’m currently wearing a pair of $165 Ariat boots (they’re the “cheap” living quarters/travel boots).
    I’ve got the $150 Doc Marten steel toes for outside (expensive, but durable & comfortable).
    But the capper are my Don Luchese Ostrich boots (a mere pittance at $465).
    C’mon, I live in Texas, you’ve gotta keep up with the Joneses’…

88. #188
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 9:19 am, happyscrapper said:

    I do not begrudge MO her expensive shoes. If she earned the money to pay for them, and this is how she wants to spend the money that SHE earned, then fine. It is the hypocrisy that makes it so annoying. Just like John Edward’s $400 haircuts. I had no problem with that…just his blatant double standard! By the way, I also wear New Balance sneakers – $49.99, and CROCS around the house. My dressy shoes are usually purchased at the shoe warehouse in Burnsville and run anywhere from 29.99-49.99. I have only the basic colors to go with everything. I did splurge twice on fancy colored shoes…my two daughter’s weddings, where I had to match with my outfit for the very special occasions. I guess I must have also splurged for my own wedding shoes, but since that was 40 years ago, they probably cost Five Bucks.

89. #189
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 am, DBNinKY said:

    And it was pretty beyond insensitive to not only play golf, but to claim that YOU WOULD NOT PLAY GOLF out of respect to the bereaved families of deceased Iraq war veterans, and then go and do it anyway.

    Nice. Equivocations are such a novelty around here. BTW, at least it wasn’t a campaign promise he had made with no long-term intentions of keeping, like a 95% tax break for all Americans (Dems say it’s not going to happen, according to Politico) or all US troops out of Iraq in 16 months (the NYT says 45-50,000 will remain there indefinitely).

    If this and the flyover of my city is what you guys are steaming over these days (and you guys spend more time talking about that than ANYONE actually living in NYC does), we (the opposition, I mean) are in good shape.

    By any chance, do you work for the NYT? The last person to utter such an inane generality was a Times’ female columnist who couldn’t understand how Nixon won – when no one she knew voted for him.

    I don’t get what all the fuss is about (especially on a site where John McCain’s $520 Ferragamos got nary a (cloaked) criticism — in the midst of a campaign where he was constantly calling his opponent an “elitist”).

    McCain’s age and the fact that he experienced actual torture on this country’s behalf, more than earned him the right to wear whatever he wants. And be honest, Obama’s youthful arrogance makes him an elitist, not his choices in food and fashion.

90. #190
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 2:56 pm, goodforlaughs said:

    I think most of us buy what we can afford. I’m happy with my $100 gym shoes with $50 orthotics. I’m able to stand for 8 hrs. at work, in spite of wide feet & bunions, without suffering foot pain half-way through my shift. A good pair of Dexters cost me about $60, eight years ago. Most of the time, you get what you pay for. MO paid for that status symbol, darn it, and it’s getting her mug plastered everywhere. I think she more than got her money’s worth.

91. #191
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm, purealchemy said:

    Wearing low heeled black sandals from Baker’s Shoes that probably cost $30 new and I’ve had them for many years,
    My favorite shoes are Sesto Meucci woven leather. Holding onto my old ones until they fall apart.

92. #192
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 9:46 pm, emjem24 said:

    I actually swear by my Berkinstocks. They take a beating and are worth the 65-110 USD that you pay for them. Plus, they’re the only shoes that my size 9 feet perfectly. They’re made in Germany but I would never ship them back there to be repaired.

    I just put my two pairs of Berks in for repair so they can feel like new. I wonder if Michelle Obama knows what a cobbler is, or is she like many Americans who buy shoes for status (see some of the hideous shoes that some Hollywood starlets wear) but don’t know what to do with them when they wear out.

    Let’s not participate in the Recession and keep our shoes like new. Visit your local cobbler (shoe repair shop) today!!!

93. #193
    On May 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 pm, emjem24 said:

    self-edit:

    Plus, they’re the only shoes that my size 9 feet fit perfectly.

    Ughhh… it’s fill in the blank night.

94. #194
    On May 3rd, 2009 at 12:51 am, nyk said:

    emjem wrote:

    I actually swear by my Berkinstocks.

    I cannot tell you how amazed I am to hear this. Widely recognized as the International Shoe of the Hippie, I would expect you (just based on your posts and things you’ve expressed) to eschew them just based on that association. I’m not even being insulting — really — I just was genuinely surprised to read this. I think shoes are shoes and who cares, but I genuinely would never have imagined you wearing something so inextricably linked to Dead Heads, tree huggers and the like.

    Let’s not participate in the Recession and keep our shoes like new. Visit your local cobbler (shoe repair shop) today!!!

    This might be the only thing in the entire world we agree on. It dawned on me about three years ago that, duh, I could actually have my shoes repaired at the fraction of the cost of buying a new pair — and support a local business at the same time. Just makes sense to do, and it’s nice to have a favorite pair back instead of breaking in a new one.

95. #195
    On May 3rd, 2009 at 10:17 am, nanapw08 said:

    When will Someone say “look the emperor is wearing no clothes”?

96. #196
    On May 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm, cicerokid said:

    Two words: yard sale

97. #197
    On May 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 pm, rowsdower said:

    Every summer I buy about 4-5 pairs of Nike seconds (barely perceptable flaws) from a guy at a flea market for about $50 total.

98. #198
    On May 3rd, 2009 at 5:18 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I wonder if Michelle Obama knows what a cobbler is…

    Peach or Cherry?

    That reminds me, some Hollywood actor dropped out and went to Italy for a few years to make shoes. Kind of cool. I think he’s back acting though, but I bet he has nice shoes.

99. #199
    On May 3rd, 2009 at 5:21 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    emjem24 said:
    I actually swear by my Berkinstocks.

    This clearly violates the Terms of Use.

100. #200
     On May 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 pm, Marc said:

     I have 3 pairs of Starburys, all for $8.95 per pair and the Starburys are really cool, especially the white hightop basketball shoes. I have also have the classic adidas Stan Smith tennis shoes, great for walking around and for trainers also, a little weak for hard court serious tennis however, but stylish and great for about $50.00.
     If you want to be a true hipster, a la John Legend, you can get a pair of Golas for about $80.00. The type of Golas that John Legend wears during his concerts go for about $85.00.