Just got feet, don't got SHOES

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
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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? :(

I have a pair that look exactly like those I got from Target for $12. I don't understand people who spend $$$$ on shoes that look like they cost $.

i'm a fan of timberland boots - bought a pair a couple years ago and they're still going strong, might buy a new pair this year. bought a pair of mephisto boots last year, which are really nice looking, but the zipper got stuck/broken halfway up one of the boots by mid-march - it sucked! b/c there was still snow, obv. and i just didn't take them in for repair (i bought them over christmas while on the west coast, so coudln't go back to the store.) but i at least had my old boots to fall back on. they don't have the grippiest bottom but it's made of rubber so it's pretty decent. every winter i saw i'm going to buy those city cleats that you stretch over the bottom of yr boot but then i never do. i mean, b/c they're kinda dorky. maybe this year i will get over their dorkiness. but probably not.

i can always tell if yr shoes are from target
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hmmm, you know what? I am pretty sure last year I was all "eff this nonsense, I am getting Timberlands" which are really not super pretty (I'm an office worker) but damnit, I can change my shoes when I get into work! I will have to investigate that store. Rubber is better for gripping ice than the hard plastic of my last boots! :P thanks!

which, i mean, who cares
my feet just never do well in or even fit cheap shoes. it's like a magnetic non-attraction thing. physics.
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xpost musically, the target shoes are fun for a quick splurge but they destroy my feet (blisters, cramps) because they are not as well built as the more expensive (and durable) ones... I envy you for being able to wear them!

i hate myself for how picky i am about shoe quality/craftsmanship but i destroy a pair of $12 shoes in like 3 weeks.

i have pretty much destroyed a pair of $60 shoes this summer! and i didn't even wear them that much! (they were the pretty teal ones i got a couple of months ago. and which never really accommodated my toes. and which i said i wld stop wearing. and which i am wearing today.)

aside from looking a lot better, higher-quality materials last longer. the cute blue-violet "leather" flats i bought on a whim for $20 last month are already ruined, and it only took about half a dozen wearings.