# New Spring Shoes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044 "2008-03-28T14:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/1 "2008-03-28T14:10:47Z")
Whooo-hoooo! I bought my second pair of new spring shoes (a pair of four inch high, snake-skin open toe, platform Charles Jordan sling-backs) last night at DSW and I’m still thrilled. What is it about a new pair of killer heels that is so happy-making? Am I the only one? Truth is, I don’t even walk that well in them, it’s just that they are so darned pretty and I feel so darned girlie in them. My husband just shrugs and lets me hold onto his arm so I don’t fall down in the street while wearing them, but my girlfriends are all about seeing them. He wonders why I don’t opt for something more sensible…ah, but he’d love me in a gunny sack. (I’m a lucky woman!) Women do dress for each other, don’t we? Same goes with perfume and lipstick I’m afraid… ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/2 "2008-03-28T17:05:02Z")
Pics? Anyway, the more you walk in heels, the easier it is. Takes practice like everything else in life. I’m thinking about getting [these wedges](http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/productImagesPopup.jhtml?selected=mg&item=prod48540128&pageProductId=prod48540128&yB=mg_prod48540128) for spring. I think the silver would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/3 "2008-03-28T17:15:01Z")
I only wish I could wear pretty heels again. I used to wear them all the time; but age and nerve damage in my foot has pretty much put a permanent end to it. We need pics! If I can’t wear them myself, at least I can envy those of you who can and drool over your shoes! ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/4 "2008-03-28T17:40:36Z")
I just bought a pair of these off the sale rack at Nordstrom’s: [http://www.shoemall.com/assets/product\_images/styles/medium/142156BRG1R.jpg](http://www.shoemall.com/assets/product_images/styles/medium/142156BRG1R.jpg) The brand name is Naughty Monkey, which cracked me up. They have a lot of very colorful designs. They go very well with a dress I bought awhile back. But yeah, I rarely have a reason to wear heels anymore, so it feels a bit wobbly for awhile. Turned out the restaurant we had reservations with on our Big Night Out had a gravel driveway too, just for an extra challenge. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/5 "2008-03-28T17:47:48Z")
I really want a pair of [these](http://www.ninewest.com/n/browse/product.s?productId=2908967&source=category&index=13&prodIndex=13&listSize=52&categoryId=526934&codeName=NWEPIC), just to have something more colorful for the spring/summer than my usual black and brown pumps. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/6 "2008-03-28T18:01:15Z")
I refuse to wear heels more than once in a blue moon as they cause me tremendous amounts of pain and discomfort, but I do love getting new flats for spring! Especially cute sandals and such. Ah, shoes! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/7 "2008-03-28T18:41:12Z")
Afraid I cannot join in with the love for high heels, but may the rest of you enjoy them muchly, but I _do_ think it fun that a poster whose name includes **Squeaker** should happen to post about brand new shoes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/8 "2008-03-28T18:45:28Z")
Perhaps I should clarify - the association might have more to do with memories of new-term little school shoes, all squeaky leather until “worn-in”, than with pretty spring shoes, but new shoes and “squeaky” still go together in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/9 "2008-03-28T21:36:38Z")
[QUOTE=Celyn] Perhaps I should clarify - the association might have more to do with memories of new-term little school shoes, all squeaky leather until “worn-in”, than with pretty spring shoes, but new shoes and “squeaky” still go together in my head. [/QUOTE] Ha! Nope…Squeaker Snow was the name of a long-gone, but much loved black-eared, ruby-eyed psuedo-albino Teddy Bear hamster. AND! I’m such a goof…they’re Charles David shoes! No wonder my husband was so curious as the why I kept calling them Charles Jordan. Duh!!! But they are no less fabulous!!! I would post photos, but don’t know how! Can someone help? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/10 "2008-03-29T01:01:25Z")
I’m disappointed. I was hoping for a post about shoes containing large springs. I have a pair of moon shoes- essentially minitrampolines you strap on your feet and enjoy them immensely. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/11 "2008-03-29T05:06:15Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] I’m disappointed. I was hoping for a post about shoes containing large springs. I have a pair of moon shoes- essentially minitrampolines you strap on your feet and enjoy them immensely. [/QUOTE] Pics? I wanna see them in action. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/12 "2008-03-29T05:11:27Z")
[QUOTE=DocCathode] I’m disappointed. I was hoping for a post about shoes containing large springs. [/QUOTE] That’s what I was thinking too. > [@tremorviolet](#): > > Pics? I wanna see them in action. [Spring](http://www.travelizmo.com/archives/spring-shoes.jpg) [shoes](http://zedomax.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/springshoes13.jpg) [in action](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00223/Career_223552a.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/13 "2008-03-29T05:16:38Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] [Spring](http://www.travelizmo.com/archives/spring-shoes.jpg) [shoes](http://zedomax.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/springshoes13.jpg) [in action](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00223/Career_223552a.jpg). [/QUOTE] But that’s not **Doc Cathode** in action… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/14 "2008-03-29T05:18:29Z")
Whaddya want for nothin? [Rrrrrrrrubber biscuit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyBZE0kBtE)? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/15 "2008-03-29T05:19:58Z")
[Moon Shoes](http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Shoes-Black/dp/B0006FHB8I) Sadly I don’t have a digital camera so you can’t get any action shots of me bouncing around. ---
**Author:** ![Clemdane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@Clemdane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clemdane)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spring-shoes/443044/16 "2014-12-28T03:30:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > That’s what I was thinking too. > > [Spring](http://www.travelizmo.com/archives/spring-shoes.jpg) [shoes](http://zedomax.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/springshoes13.jpg) [in action](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00223/Career_223552a.jpg). I know this post was a long time ago, but if you are still there would you tell me the brand name of the shoes in the photo?