For the past month I've entered the world of walking. Since I left my tennis shoes in Africa (that's a phrase I've said WAY too often the past three months), I had to wear my New Balance slides. As you might imagine, serious walking wasn't designed for these shoes. My feet were beginning to kill me. About that time I cut out an ad for Belk where I could save $10 on anything I purchased over $25. Perfect! I headed to Belk to get a real pair of walking shoes. I saw a pair I wanted, but the shoe man frowned at me. He asked me how much I walked. I replied 3-4 miles a day. He asked if I walked on inclines. I told him yes. He said that the shoes I wanted wouldn't offer me enough support. He said that I wouldn't like it, but he had a pair that would be ideal. You guessed it. The all-white shoe pictured to the left. I turned my nose up in disgust. However, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and tried them on. They did offer more support (did you know the higher the New Balance number, the more support?). I caved. I bought the ugly grandma shoes and vowed I would never, EVER, wear them in public. When Dad and I went to hit golf balls the other day and he asked why I was wearing my slides, I replied, "I wasn't kidding. No one will see these. These are for walking. ALONE."
And I'm not sure, but I'm willing to make a pretty good guess that when the buzzards are flying over ME as I walk, I'm a little out of shape.
At least if I collapse and they start to attack me, anyone will be able to locate me within a five mile radius. Because if the sun is out, my shoes will illuminate the way like a lighthouse beckoning a ship.
11 worthy responses:
haha! too funny, girl! i swear, my husband came home the other day wearing a similar pair of VERY white new shoes and i was like, "just what do you think you are doing in those!!?" ha! but, hey, it's support and comfort that matter anyways. :)
You could spray paint them!
that was me
woops!
Anonymous must know something about my past. When I went to prom my 10th grade year my mom and I couldn't find any gold shoes. So, we just bought silver ones from Wal-Mart and a can of gold spray paint. They held up great for one night!
hah! i would like to see some spray painted new balance. that would be good.
TOMS are shoes that you can paint and the money that you pay for them goes to help support kids in Africa. Acutually for every pair of TOMS you buy, TOMS buys a pair for people in other countries that need shoes. Just FYI
One of my students (she's a runner) took me to buy shoes and I had a whole lesson about my arch and the numbers inside the shoes. So I now have 1 pair of running shoes (running ONLY) and 1 pair of walking/workout shoes. I only wanted 1 pair, but got 2. who knew shoes were so complex??
Excuse me!! Grandma shoes?? TQM has a pair of walking shoes in her closet and when she wears them she looks like Olive Oyl. The way she solves that problem is---she doesn't exercise by walking--or any other way. TQM
Just go scuff them up a little, kick around a little dirt and they will be ok :) They look like my old "tennis" tennis shoes. Anyways.. teachers know the importance of good, supportive shoes. Though the ones you got are beautiful, next time you come to Albany, there is a place that will analyze your walk and tell you what shoes work best for your feet - and they are a little more stylish :)
When will we get notes from a Texas Ranger?
Congratulations! Not so much on the shoes necessarily. . . but on finding a specimen of the dying breed of salespeople in retail who actually know something about what they are selling! I didn't know they existed anymore. Not only did you bring home your catch of bright and shiny shoes, but you had a rare sighting of a helpful and knowledgeable sales staff person. Crikkeee what a day!
Yeah, it took me a little while, but I finally got the Texas Ranger thing.
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