I had some cute canvas shoes. Very important for a scientist (in training) because you have to wear enclosed shoes in the lab (a pain in summer). Sadly, they had worn right through the sole, I was practically walking directly on concrete (it burns!).
I went out in search for new ones. It was actually a rather pleasant experience. General Pants Co. had a pretty cool pair for $50 or $60 - slightly more than I wanted to pay, but not out of the question. I peeked into two more shops - nothing, then went upstairs to the place I’d got my previous pair. There were some fairly cute ones that looked comfy for $19.95, so I got them. The whole process took about 10 minutes!
Wearing my new shoes was a less pleasant experience! They might have “looked comfy”, but they were destructive. They rubbed my heels raw before I got the the train station. This wasn’t entirely unexpected of course, shoes need to be broken in.
I bought some advanced healing band-aids at Central Station. Damn those things are cool! They’re like a second skin, they promote healing by sealing in wounds like a scab, but smoother and more water proof, and they stay on… usually. Apparently, they’re too skin-like, my shoes tore the band-aids! I had to stick the band-aids back together on my heels with autoclave tape from the lab. Yay for that stuff! I was able to walk home.
I hope the shoes are broken in now, because my heels sure are!
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they look pretty comfortable but i guess looks can be deceiving. J had the same problem lately, she bought some nice looking comfy shoes but ended up hurting her feet bad. not a shoe person but they look kind of trendy looking.
Hehe, yeh - those aren’t the exact ones I bought, similar. I’m not that much of a “shoe person”, but I’m quite anti-sneaker-wearing-with-skirts during summer, it might be practical, but it’s not a good look.