adventures in shoe shopping

i make a horrible girl. i HATE shoe shopping with a passion.

there are a few reasons for this. first, i have long toes. not every style flatters them. i'm fairly tall and broad shouldered so if you put me in anything higher than 3-4 inches i feel like a drag queen. most importantly, i hate spending money on shoes.

i don't really know why this is. i have no problem buying running shoes at the drop of a hat. lacking inspiration to run, new sneakers! forgot my sneakers for the weekly bridge loop, no problem i'm leaving from the running store i'll just buy new ones! slight ache in my knee, shin, or toe...you got it! new sneakers! and sneakers ain't cheap.

most of the other shoes in my closet were gifts, from college, or purchased for $30 or less. i favor gold sandals and the pair i wear most often is so worn down that the sole is flapping. this causes me to trip, often. it is starting to get embarassing so i decided to bite the bullet and go shoe shopping.

now if little old vero had a DSW this might not be so bad but i started with payless. fail. shoe carnival, double fail. macy's...well i'm under the age of 60, so fail. this was all in one afternoon and after three failed attempts i started to have an anxiety attack. why do they make the shoes so tall! why do they all cost more than $30! i started to question the meaning of life, it was a mess.

to make a long story short, after many stores, a lot of back and forth, some returns to make...i finally found a pair that fit the bill! hooray, i am a girl afterall.

(but i still prefer my sneakers and broken down sandals).