It's All About the Shoes!

What can I say about shoes? I've never been a "shoe girl," like Carrie Bradshaw or whatever the hell her name is on Sex in the City (neither am I a Sex in the City girl, though I've seen enough episodes to know she's obsessed with shoes). Or at least I always THOUGHT I wasn't.

When I was young, I didn't really buy my shoes. My mom would get me sneakers and then shoes for when I had to dress up. I think I remember first buying my own shoes (well, not with my own money, of course, but shopping on my own or with a friend) when I was in junior high (around 12 or 13), at Mandee's or something. But the first shoes that I HAD to have were my red Chucks (Converse All-Stars). Actually, I think it started with the green ones. I wanted like a grass-green, but all I could get was forest-green, just not as cool. Then when I went on a family trip (at age 14) I met a girl with red ones and I just had to have them. I remember it being a bit of a pain to find (they're oh-so-easy to get now), but I got them. (By the way, I still have BOTH of these.)

The next big thing was green, 20-hole, steel-toe combat boots. That was a must. This was the beginning of my punkrock phase (well, not really a phase as I still like a bit of punk — just went to a Citizen Fish show the other day — but at least my must-wear-certain-punk-clothes period). I made my mom take me all over the city looking for these. We had a such a hard time I eventually had to settle for a non-Doc Martin brand that actually had a semi-high heel. I think they cost my mom $80 or something. But I loved them and wore them all the time, until the day I got my 8-hole, purple Docs which I DID wear every single day. (The Chucks were put off the the side, only worn every so often.) Eventually I DID get 20-hole, steel-toe green docs and I was so comfortable in my purple ones that I barely wore them. But I loved them all the same.

So while I was really into these shoes, I still didn't see it as being a shoe girl. But I guess I was, just in my own way. The other day I organised all my shoes in this long shoe-holder-thingy I got. And I've got quite a bit for a non-shoe girl! Mostly sneakers of some kind, but they're shoes. I've still got the red and green chucks, now accompanied by 2 pairs of low-top ones (blue and camouflage) and a pair of greenish-brown slip-on ones. I've also got two pairs of Ben Shermans, though they're really worn out (but I refuse to bin them), a pair of Fred Perry sneakers, a pair or red Adidas that say I Heart London (although the heart is actually an Adidas symbol), some slip-ons...more. Plus my Docs! I no longer have the purple ones, I had to chuck 'em b/c I wore holes into them, but I replaced them with blue ones I picked up on my first trip to London. Still have the green ones, and now I also have a pair of 3-hole, steel-toe ones in a dark red. Then I got a pair of black combat boots (some other brand) in which I put little spikes in the front holes. ;-)

As for dress shoes, I'm still clueless. I've got two pairs of black high heels. One of which I wear almost every time I have to dress up b/c they're simple and matte black and have rubber soles so they're easier to walk in. The other one is shiny black with a strap around the ankle and much more painful (though cute). I also have "slut boots"...well, kinda. They go up to just about the knee and they have a zipper up the side, but the heel is chucky, not thin. I don't see how girls walk in those thin ones...

I did see a pair of high heels the other day that had an adorable little buckle thing in the front and I think I'm going to break down and buy them even though I have zero money.

There are a few other pairs of shoes in the closet too, which is making me re-think my "I'm not a shoe girl" stance. I've got a lot of 'em.

Anyway, the reason I thought of this — besides having just organised them — is that I bought another pair of shoes the other day! Sneakers, really. For kickboxing!!!!!! They're like wrestling shoes, the only kind they allow on the mat at the karate school where I take these classes! I was so excited to get them and I used them last night for the first time and it was AWESOME! I love them! Gives me support and keeps me from slipping in my socks! Awesome! And, when we use the bands (a big, rubber jump-rope looking thing that you step on and pull up as an arm exercise), they stop them from hurting my feet! Woo hoo!

Now I just need warm sneakers for the winter...Chucks just don't cut it. My feet are FREEZING!!! (And I REFUSE to wear the ugly, yet ridiculously trendy, snowboots all the dumbn girls have been wearing since September!!!! Gah! I hate girls and their stupid trends!)

Next up, let's talk about jeans!!! ;-)

The End.