Just got feet, don't got SHOES

there is this stuff you can buy at some shoe stores that's in a bottle with a sort of brush at the top - you squeeze it out into the footbed or whatever the part of the shoe that your foot is on is called - it's a citrus thing - works really well! of course i can't find it online (i bought it at aldo for use in sandals but works with other shoes too obv).

maybe something like this: http://chasports.com/products/shoe_care/shoe_disinfectant.php
also maybe this: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NAH/is_7_33/ai_107637370

what do you guys think of these? they're clarks, which fit my feet well, and i need something comfortable but cute for walking in
http://canada.zappos.com/images/739/7399422/6220-595455-d.jpg

They don't speak to me but I think they're nicely styled, meaning I don't get any vibes of "Whose idea was THAT?" from them.

I really do love my new Clark's, they're amazingly light without being flimsy -- when I climb stairs in them it hardly feels like I'm wearing shoes!

i <3 those rrrobyn

Ya'll I bought some v. expensive shoes two weeks ago. So expensive I am embarrassed to link to them here. I justified this expenditure with the fact that I have pined after these shoes for over a year now--it was lucky I was even able to still find them! Also, I very rarely buy shoes--I've been wearing the same half-dozen black/brown/navy heels for years and years.

Please confess your extravagant shoe purchases here.

yeah i think they look ok in the pic but will look better on my feet + certain skirts/pants

wait what new clarks did you get laurel?

what shoes are they, q?? you have to confess fully

i don't think i've ever spend over $200 on shoes but i spend on avg $80-120 a pair (though often less b/c they are on sale). but i don't really buy shoes v often, or as often as i'd like...

(You've seen them twice at least -- the orange sandals!)

i bought a pair of $300 hiking boots many years ago! does that count?
i would say ski boots, but i never bought my own. that is why i have a 15 year old pair from highschool that my parents bought me.

OK most expensive shoe purchase evah:

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:4sKCV_6-R-_YxM:http://www.jildorshoes.com/images/products/StuartWeitzmanCambridgeBlkLea_Front_300.jpg

oh wait i am forgetting the $300 boots i bought last winter too lol.

oh yes, those are nice, i thought you had bought another pair of a dif style
xpost to L

holy whoa those are intense shoes, q!

but def the kind of shoes that you have to buy designer b/c every knock-off just doesn't cut it at all

They were well under 300, but geez! Fuck it I don't care I <3 them. Also I am a yuppie.

there is nothing wrong with that. i aspire to be able to spend that much on shoes.

i got a pair of ankle-strap pucci ballet flats in 2002 for about $400. still have them, still glad i bought them.

Exciting! Wear them in good health etc! I have shoes that cost around that much but I didn't pay full price for them so I don't think it counts.

Dolce & Gabana sweetheart heels, $70 at Century 21, originally $400 or so. Probably my biggest shopping coup ever.

Italian high-heeled ankle boots (forget the maker), $20 at DSW, orig $200.

XP WHOAH, LAUREN

i used to get paid on commission, and it was really bad for my poor impulse control.

still, at least with things like those shoes or my huge orla kiely bag i have something to show for the money. the drinks, etc... not so much.

well, it could be worse, you could have been a college student with a credit card and poor impulse control like me from 1998-2002!

hahaha! oh, i was that too!

some of us learn late in life, if at all.

q, those are great!!

shoes.. opening ceremony grey oxford flats abt $200 figuring in shipping.. i think before sale were $320 or so? but they fit really well and i'll wear them for a long time. i don't think i have any that cost more than that, though probably some would have if i hadn't bought them in europe early 2000 when the dollar was v strong, like i think my fave kenzo heels were over $400 but i got them for maybe around $125 during july sales.. and these basic black delman oxford flats i wear pretty much every other day, i know were abt $325 new but again, thx bluefly major sale.

also i have terrible impulse control and apparently hate having money :)

I actually have a bit of the opposite problem (at least with clothes/shoes)--I have too much impulse control, meaning I'll see something I really really really like but then equivocate for forever until it is too late. Thus I end up with very little in my closet, and getting dressed becomes an exercise in frustration as opposed to a pleasure.

Another downside is when suddenly some sort of event pops up and I end up spending money on something I don't much like in desperation.

Note that I do not seem to have any trouble frittering away money on drinks, travel, and pricey groceries.

i do that too... i have been putting off shoe-buying for so long that i'm now really screwed. and now i'm about to need an entire new work wardrobe + shoes. not good.

rrrobyn i lovvvvve those clarks. i may have to investigate finding them here...

and yeah there are at least 3 dresses in my closet right now that were purchased last min for events that i have only worn once. if i put the money for all those 3 together i could have bought some really awesome piece i bet.

i have better with clothes & shoes consumption impulse control, and replaced it with a lack of food consumption impulse control </kathy>

I think I am about to make a careful surrender to impulse and stimulate the economy by buying shoes from the same line as Ed:

http://cydwoq.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CYDWOQ&Product_Code=MCY-CLIP&Category_Code=MCY-SHOES

I would say though, having worn my cydwoqs all day for a couple of days that they are some of the most awesomely comfortable smart shoes I've ever had and one of the few I haven't had to put insoles in.

I bought a pair of these Keds about a month back and was like omg what have I done. now I like them. I swapped out the white shoelaces for dark brown dress laces and they look 10x better.

http://www.zappos.com/images/739/7397747/9755-591975-d.jpg

can we change this thread title to just "SHOES THREAD" or something, the current version is awful

i will ask mod req b/c i don't have thread changing mod power :/

what shoudl it really be called?
SHOES WE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT YE

JUST GOT FEET DON'T GOT SHOES

These Boots Were Made for Rocking?

JUST GOT FEET gets my vote, fuck yeah.

Just have the "SHOES OMG SHOES" video embedded on the New Answers page

gross.

Ignore him, he's just pandering to Dan P3rry.

haha what was so offensive about my old title?

not offensive! just out out date!

ha ok.
i just bought another pair of miharas on ebay
http://i20.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/05/86/2e56_1.JPG
i have been eyeing them for awhile and just found them $100 cheaper than another seller, with free shipping, plus i had a 10% off coupon

http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cmlumil_black_pr_550.jpg
here is a better picture! i'm not normally a patent leather kind of girl but these look so great.

I'm a patent leather kind of girl and those DO look great!

those are super cute!

i AM a t-strap flats kind of girl and i am very excited to wear these with tights all fall

You've got the legs for it! What a great style.

those are great! i was looking at them myself but only pair in my size was a weird orange-caramel shade.. i liked the color but wouldn't match anything i own :)

Those are very cute!

Alright ladies, I've spent the whole summer wearing the most ridiculous cheap flipflops (the kind with the fake lace/sequin "closed" toe) because I am sick of blisters and I'm tall enough as it is. Anyway it's getting colder and I realize I have to buy a pair of boots and I am thinking I might have to order online since I have size 11 (ladies') feet.

My question: most comfortable brand of boots you have ever bought?
I am thisclose to just getting some docs. I like my boots black, with some sort of slight heel, and with grip on the bottom because the ice/snow is murder in the winter! I bought a pair last year with almost no grip and spent the whole winter walking....really....really...slowly.. and they were shit material that disintegrated a lot thanks to Toronto's excessive use of salt.

Help? :(