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1. #201
   On May 3rd, 2009 at 10:52 pm, dfern said:

   Michelle —- don’t photograph your feet like that…… now I need to take a cold shower…….

2. #202
   On May 3rd, 2009 at 11:50 pm, emjem24 said:

   nyk said:

   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.

   Sigh… I don’t know what I find more amusing- that hippies are permanently tied to Birkenstocks or that you think that only one singular type of person wears them. I’ll wear anything that’s comfortable and doesn’t give me corns or permanent calluses on my feet. I bought a pair of Italian made clogs and the suckers will just not BREAK IN!!! So frustrating. Birks don’t really have that problem.

   And, by the by, I grew up in a college town known for it’s hippier days and communes and the hippies weren’t just wearing Birks. Sometimes, they weren’t wearing shoes at all.

   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.

   I think that anybody who’s budget conscious has already thought of this idea. I wear things until they’re ratty and get worn out. I mourned a plastic pair of Nike swim flip flops I’d owned for YEARS and had to throw them out because they broke in two places. I wish more people weren’t so quick to throw what are probably decent shoes/clothes out only to be replaced with what’s “in” or “hip.” What’s “old” will eventually be “new” again.

3. #203
   On May 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 pm, emjem24 said:

   AlohaGuy said:

   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.

   You are so bad!!!

   I bet that actor can probably point out to a lot of his fellow thespians how overpriced and how temporarly hip their shoes actually are. He’d probably would make a killing just selling what is considered “used” by a Hollywood starlet these days.

   This clearly violates the Terms of Use.

   I’m trying to reform honestly!!! It’s just that life isn’t nearly as much fun with the plain old frumpy flip flops I have right now (while I’m waiting for my Birks to get repaired). The Birks are luring me back to the dark side.

4. #204
   On May 4th, 2009 at 12:37 am, tbear44 said:

   I’ve paid $400 for boots (one super durable pair to deal with the winter weather in Alaska;

   You got ripped off nyk.

5. #205
   On May 4th, 2009 at 1:33 am, AlohaGuy said:

   I bet that actor can probably point out to a lot of his fellow thespians how overpriced and how temporarly hip their shoes actually are.

   Well, at least the ones on their Left Foot. It’s Daniel Day Lewis.

6. #206
   On May 4th, 2009 at 9:42 am, flutejpl said:

   I’m generally wearing $39 New Balance sneakers. When I have to look dressed up, I’m wearing $120 Bostonians. I thought that was a bunch of money to pay for a dress shoe, but I guess not.

   I’d wear cheaper shoes, but my foot is hard to fit. A size 9 4E doesn’t get made by everyone.

7. #207
   On May 4th, 2009 at 9:43 am, sonofdy said:

   My most expense boots are my army boots. My WIFE however… I never did understand womens love affair with shoes.

8. #208
   On May 4th, 2009 at 10:06 am, GlenW said:

   Well on Saturday, I did have some really expensive boots on.

   But never mind that they were my steel-toe work boots I bought back in 1991 when I was working for the Evil Empire of Halliburton.

   Oh wait, this was from Friday. On Friday was the extremely expensive (in my mind) $40 pair of KSwiss. Yeah, that’s how I roll. Y’all can be jealous now.

9. #209
   On May 4th, 2009 at 10:48 am, spaceycakes said:

   30–we don’t have children, and we both work, so fortunately hubby really likes me to have the nice shoes.

   Today I’m wearing a pair of Tod’s driving loafers. $500.00

   It’s ‘casual day’ at work. I refuse to wear ‘tennis shoes’.

   Now, back to jewelry…

10. #210
    On May 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm, chaosrainz said:

    She must have used her stimulus rebate check from last year for that. Instead of earrings. These are so much more practical.

11. #211
    On May 4th, 2009 at 8:27 pm, MtsEdge said:

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

    What vsatt said.

12. #212
    On May 5th, 2009 at 1:46 am, rktkr said:

    oh hai…

    forgot that i found theze.

    woot.
    shooz u can believe in