# I'm in love with these shoes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491 "2005-04-03T05:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/1 "2005-04-03T05:13:45Z")
I want 'em, I want 'em, I want 'em!!! [Yummy Shoes](http://store.nordstrom.com/product/product_brandboutique.asp?styleid=2860104&boutique=sandal_shop_women&category=2376778~2372808~2372949~2376189&Search=True&keyword=bolo+%3E+In+All+Categories&SearchType=keywordsearch) But I can’t justify the cost!! ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/2 "2005-04-03T05:20:03Z")
Those shoes say, “hotsy totsy tamale”! 😉 I did see a pair that looked quite similar at TJ MAXX the other day for considerably less…Not sure if you have that store by you? ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/3 "2005-04-03T05:21:37Z")
Mmmm. Those are some sexy shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/4 "2005-04-03T05:44:31Z")
Truly those are covetous! If it’s the color combo you like the most, that “watermelon” look is very popular right now. I bet you can find a cheaper and similar pair at your local mall. I know I saw a few similar to those at mine. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/5 "2005-04-03T06:38:56Z")
I love them too. They’re fabulous. I have a hard time finding shoes. [not that I actually need _more_ shoes]. Shoe fashion is still in the ‘How to look like a dork’ stage, around here. Since I’m a shoe-fanatic, I had an American friend sending me shoes I picked online. [the store didn’t sell overseas]. Currently I’m in love with [these](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0006Q2Q5A.01-A3BHU1UEUYDJ19._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg). No reason why I should buy them, really. They’re not exactly fitting with the rest of my clothes. I just love them. 🙂 Funny thing is: I don’t care all that much for [expensive] stuff. But shoes… ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/6 "2005-04-03T06:53:42Z")
> [@Heart On My Sleeve](#): > > I want 'em, I want 'em, I want 'em!!! > [@](#): > > But I can’t justify the cost!! I’m sorry - I’m having trouble understanding what you’re saying here. Could you clarify for me? 😃 - Alice - Shoe Queen. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/7 "2005-04-03T06:56:26Z")
Speaking of shoes, I just bought [these.](http://www.greatoutdoors.com/mizuno/womens/womensmizunowavenirvanarunningshoes.html) Now I’ll be uber fast! _Wooooooosh!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/8 "2005-04-03T08:56:51Z")
Ohh baby, too bad they don’t come in size 14 EEE! That’s OK though, I don’t think that little post thingie in the back would hold me up anyway. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/9 "2005-04-03T11:18:06Z")
I must be missing the girly shoe gene. They look incredibly uncomfortable to me, and I can’t for the life of me see how that tiny little bit of material, even with superb workmanship, could cost that much. Then again, I spend my life in $30 Reeboks. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/10 "2005-04-03T14:09:33Z")
**FairyChatMom** , I’m with you. Not only am I missing the girly shoe-coveting gene, I simply have no filter for “cute” shoes whatsoever. I can decode clothing - even the stuff I wouldn’t wear myself, I can tell you if it’s the hip fashion right now. But I don’t understand when a shoe is good or bad. While I absolutely believe the OP that the linked shoe is wonderful, it looks to me like the plastic shoes my neice got in her dress-up set in the mid-nineties. When I go shoe shopping for a special occasion, I have to take a helper along, or I end up with what I’m later told are the most hideous, wrong shoes possible. But they seem to me to be much like what I’m told are fabulous, perfect shoes. I despair of ever getting it right. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/11 "2005-04-03T15:50:50Z")
Yeah, I have no taste in shoes either. Cite: check [_these_ babies](http://www.marks.ca/ctwnew/markprod.nsf/ProductListByID/1BCE91017A5851D887256DE80072189B?OpenDocument) out. Equally wearable on a construction site or Queen Street West! Casual, and shock-resistant! ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/12 "2005-04-03T16:00:27Z")
While I’ll admit to lusting after many a shoe, in actuality, I only have 2 pairs of high heels (1 black, 1 brown), a pair of ugly snow boots, hiking boots, hiking shoes, 2 pairs black flat mary janes, 1 pair of brown loafers, 1 pair ugly (but comfortable) sandals, and a few pairs of gym shoes. That’s not that much, is it? If those babies had a lower heel, I would possibly spring for them. They’d look terrific with jeans, and most of my tops are black, so no color-conflicts there. I have felt up this brand in the store (they didn’t have the style there, thank Og or I might’ve bought them) and the footbed is nice and soft that with a lower heel and straps with some give, they might just be comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/13 "2005-04-03T16:25:44Z")
I want them in turquoise. But $160.00? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/14 "2005-04-03T16:38:55Z")
I can’t handle little strappy sandals any more. I need to find something for summer that will go with skirts but isn’t as heavy as my current collection of footwear. I like boots mostly. I found [this](http://homepage.mac.com/idlewild_/.Pictures/workwear.jpg) the last time I was searching for the kind of practical stompin’ shoes I gravitate toward, and was wondering what kind of work they had in mind. (A current search on that category of Zappos brings up much more of my kind of boot!) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/15 "2005-04-03T17:28:40Z")
It could be worse… you could be in love with these [F-me](http://www.jadeboutique.com/Prada_gucci_shoes_handbags_catalog/product_details.asp?ProductID=1755) beauties. :eek: 😃 That’s hot! ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/16 "2005-04-03T18:02:12Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It could be worse… you could be in love with these [F-me](http://www.jadeboutique.com/Prada_gucci_shoes_handbags_catalog/product_details.asp?ProductID=1755) beauties. :eek: 😃 > > That’s hot! But if you buy NOW, you save $245.01 !! Then you could afford the OP’s shoes and a pair of sneakers and a nice dinner. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/17 "2005-04-03T18:45:42Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It could be worse… you could be in love with these [F-me](http://www.jadeboutique.com/Prada_gucci_shoes_handbags_catalog/product_details.asp?ProductID=1755) beauties. :eek: 😃 > > That’s hot! I like those…I don’t have the guts to wear them, though. They kind of send of a message I don’t really want to send. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/18 "2005-04-03T18:57:23Z")
I almost bought [these](http://store.nordstrom.com/product/product.asp?styleid=2851180&category=2376778~2372808~2372940~2380486&PrevStyleID=2854945&NextStyleID=2854048) today in caramel. Might go back for them - but 3 inches is a little high for me. Susan ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/19 "2005-04-03T19:09:22Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > But if you buy NOW, you save $245.01 !! Then you could afford the OP’s shoes and a pair of sneakers and a nice dinner. With shoes like that, you don’t have to worry about paying for dinner. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491/20 "2005-04-03T19:15:56Z")
Oooo. I adore those, **Susan**. 3 inches isn’t that high, is it? \* ::converting::\* 7.3 centimeters? Well…It’s kinda high. 🙂 hehehe, **QuickSilver**. I bet they’re comfy. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-love-with-these-shoes/297491.md?page=2)