New Shoes

I hate going shopping for shoes.  The whole putting my sweaty smelly feet in shoes that were tried by other smelly sweaty feet makes me want to gag.  So I usually hunt for boxes and shoes that have not been opened, you know the ones with the tissue paper still jammed into the toes.  Then at least it was not me who was coming second, but the next poor sap that will probably get some weird athletes foot or gangrene.

Then there is the price.  Shoes are not cheap.  I look at these shoes that cost over one hundred dollars and my butt cheeks pucker.   So yes I go to places like Famous Footwear and Payless Shoes, even here the price of shoes are outlandish.

You will never see me in a pair of Air-Jordans.  Even if I made millions of dollars a year I would still buy my shoes from a discount store.  I just can't bring myself to spend that much.

I do however spend a lot on the inserts.  My inserts are usually more expensive than the shoe into which I place them.

The last pair of shoes cost me thirty-five dollars with inserts costing forty-five.  I wore them for fourteen months.  Doing the math it cost me roughly $0.19 per day to wear them.  Nineteen cents.  I guess if you look at that way buying hundred dollar shoes is not that expensive.  But I just can't bring myself to do that when I know I would need expensive inserts no matter the price of the shoes.

What did I spend on my shoes today?  I splurged and spent fifty dollars.  Then bought 40 dollar inserts.  I am not sure it was worth it yet.  I'll let you know.