Shoes and life

There is something essential about having shoes that are comfortable. I mean, really- nothing can put me in a bad mood like a pair of sore feet navigating life with worsening blisters.

So with that in mind and with my current sandals with holes forming after a year of constant use I went shoe shopping yesterday.

And I came home with nothing.

Either they had far too high a heel for me to reasonably use without breaking my ankle or neck or were cute on the shelf but painful in seconds on my feet. Or the wrong size- too snug, too wide, too narrow, rubbed wrong, etc...

*sigh* I spent an hour trying every pair in the store before abandoning ship for the day.

And today I put the internet to use.. I can do a search for my size, the color I want and STILL after flipping through 124 pairs of shoes that are in my size and in the color I want (which is white or red this year) and I've found 2 pairs that LOOK like what I want but I suspect will be ill-fitting.

I guess some things don't change. I remember spending days looking for shoes when I was a kid. And generally I came home with something I "settled for" when I gave up.

And NOW I understand my mom's frustration (funny how life works that way) as I have a daughter who is similarly difficult to buy shoes for. I took her last month for shoes and we went to no less than 5 shoe stores, tried on every pair of non-heel shoes in her size and came home with 2 pairs of shoes- 1 sneaker and 1 sandal- which in the store she said they fit and she WANTED them. Once home, she's decided they don't fit her right and hurt her feet. *sigh* At least they will still be in good shape when her younger sister grows into that size.

I see mother-daughter shoe shopping marathon happening again shortly. Or course with the other offspring in tow, running and causing havoc through the stores.

And one day my daughter may have a daughter who tries on 90 pairs of shoes to not like any of them and then to buy one that she refuses to wear...