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The other day I went over to the Red Wing store before work and committed to buying a pair of Iron Rangers in black, knowing they'll probably need to be oiled and stretched a bit, and not even asking the price. They have a little style and class, and free small maintenance for life, just take them back to that store. (They can't do soles, but I know another place that will do that. And the soles CAN be done on these; cheaper shoes, that's not always the case.)
To balance my karma, yesterday I went to Walmart and bought a pair of $12 sneakers. Yes, this is balancing my karma to the negative, because I'm sure these must have been made by kids in some impoverished country to be sold at that price. They're ridiculously light and feel like I can put them right on without any break-in period, but I'm going to try them out on the treadmill. And hope they don't fall apart like tissue paper. The advantage - they are here, now, not coming sometime, so I can get them right into the rotation.
Shopping at Walmart, though... to begin with I feel immoral just walking in, and then the shelves are very poorly maintained. Basically, it will save you time to assume that everything is in the wrong place, you're just going to have to look at each item and see what size it really is.
Before today I had three pairs of shoes I rotated through for work, and they're all wearing out. I do also have a pair of ugly boots, soon to come out of summer storage, bought through the work website. They hypothetically provide us shoes, but recently phased out the sneakers which fit me. I have hard to fit feet - wide toes, like 4E, but narrow heels.
I still feel I could use one or two more pairs; there needs to be a few to rotate to keep my feet comfortable. They have to dry and air out for a couple of days before wearing again. I'm thinking the next pair will be Keens. A sort of mid-ground between boots I don't even want to think about the price of and sneakers I don't need to think about the price of. And I may look around for another pair of Nurse Mates, if they still exist. Inexpensive (not $12 cheap) and with little support, but I kind of like them. They make me think of Vimes boots - I can feel the ground through them.
To balance my karma, yesterday I went to Walmart and bought a pair of $12 sneakers. Yes, this is balancing my karma to the negative, because I'm sure these must have been made by kids in some impoverished country to be sold at that price. They're ridiculously light and feel like I can put them right on without any break-in period, but I'm going to try them out on the treadmill. And hope they don't fall apart like tissue paper. The advantage - they are here, now, not coming sometime, so I can get them right into the rotation.
Shopping at Walmart, though... to begin with I feel immoral just walking in, and then the shelves are very poorly maintained. Basically, it will save you time to assume that everything is in the wrong place, you're just going to have to look at each item and see what size it really is.
Before today I had three pairs of shoes I rotated through for work, and they're all wearing out. I do also have a pair of ugly boots, soon to come out of summer storage, bought through the work website. They hypothetically provide us shoes, but recently phased out the sneakers which fit me. I have hard to fit feet - wide toes, like 4E, but narrow heels.
I still feel I could use one or two more pairs; there needs to be a few to rotate to keep my feet comfortable. They have to dry and air out for a couple of days before wearing again. I'm thinking the next pair will be Keens. A sort of mid-ground between boots I don't even want to think about the price of and sneakers I don't need to think about the price of. And I may look around for another pair of Nurse Mates, if they still exist. Inexpensive (not $12 cheap) and with little support, but I kind of like them. They make me think of Vimes boots - I can feel the ground through them.