Day 6-“The Best Gifts Come In Shoe Boxes”

These were a gift from friends (that understand me) for Christmas 2011 and this was the first time I wore them (May 10th 2013). The style name is Witchy but they look oddly professional with the right outfit... still I feel like I should be handing out very shiny apples when I wear them. Only a 3 star comfort rating but that is about par for the pumps.

Wear 1 (June 2013)
December 2011

Cost  ?

Comfort  3

Pair #6

Day 5- "A Love Normal People Could Never Understand"

I believe this was the second wear, they get a 3 star comfort rating (circa 2011). The predecessor to these shoes were worn as walking shoes, until I treated them like they were proper walking shoes in New Orleans and while out and about on Bourbon Street it started to rain. They got wet and the deterioration began instantaneously, they were no longer comfortable but I continued to wear them until they started to physically fall apart... then I set them aside and wore them sparingly as to preserve any remaining integrity and their existence as long as possible. They ranked in the top five all time favorites until one sad day I walked the platform right off of the shoe, as I walked down a dock in the dark I recognized something odd about my gait when I turned and looked back, there on the dock, in the moonlight was a little lifeless lump. The whole bottom of my shoe without warning had just departed the shoe upper and me. There was so much damage I knew that even the most skilled of cobblers (and all of the kings horses and all of the kings men) could not properly glue my favorite shoes back together again :( and then the mission to replace them began. I searched eBay (and quite possibly found the end of the internet) fruitlessly, they were just gone. Then one semi-glorious day I found these not quite as cute, not comfy (at all) but close was the best solution the universe had to offer.

I wanted to post a picture of the original shoe too but I just went through thousands of photos and could not find even "the end of their reign" picture. Disturbing as I am aware it is, I hate that I threw them away. 

Wear  *2 (June 2013)
Circa *2011

Cost  *45

Comfort Rating 3  

Pair 5

*= Best Guest

Day 4- “Is it Tiger Print?”

First and only wear so far was just for this experiment. I have NO IDEA why I bought these, crowd-pleasing favorites. It was probably around 2010 maybe even the same company as the red ones and the green ones but WHY did I need them?  The comfort rating of 3 probably isn’t why. I am not big on animal prints (Ok a little zebra here and there) but everyone thinks I should be. I’m not totally opposed... just don't normally choose it. I don't have good accessories to pull brown and black together. I don't do much gold/brass or whatever those buckles are supposed to be...anyway I like them well enough and there is a bit of black on them so they can stay, but maybe I should start a running cost total of the shoes I find up there that confuse me.

Wear  1 (June 2013)
Circa *2010

Cost *$25

Comfort Rating 3

Pair # 4

Day 3- "The 1970’s Revisited"

Not quite as high or funky as the old goldfish shoes (not that I would do that to a goldfish) but still totally funky 70's remakes. I saw them on sale one night at Macy's (Circa 2000 something) and guess what... had to have them! That night I left without them, went home, suffered over night and in the long run wasted the 5 dollars in gas to go back for them. They had already been packed up to send to an outlet store or perhaps the dump. Some nice sales guy dug them back out for me. Yay!
A "70's glam shoes" search on Google images should produce a picture of some grand relative of these shoes.
I am not sure how many times they have been worn but only a few, they get a comfort rating of 6 and I am totally wearing them again! Admittedly prancing through Kennet Square, PA in these boots inspires people to look at me a little funny but those people must simply not understand!

Wear ? Not many wears, I mean really where? *(June 2013)

Circa *2000

Cost  *Approx $20

Comfort 6

Pair #3

Day 2- “Is There A Rest of That Costume

I think after the red shoes back in 2010 I kept going back to the same web sites and in the true spirit of insanity I expected different results. Need I say more?

On day 2 of the experiment I passed my husband in the hall as I got ready for work and he asked me if I would be able to find another pair of shoes.

...uh oh...

Find another pair? Have you been in the attic? I asked

The response was "No"

"Uh... yes, well don't go up there.... EVER!" is all I had to say to that.

A bit later when I came down the stairs in the day 2 shoes he promptly asked "Is there a rest of that costume or are you killing roaches today?". Since then they have been called rigid and someone sent me a link to green giant peas in response to a photo of them. I say at least they are not boring!

In my defense I bought them to go with a shirt...of course by the time I got the shoes I had misplaced the outdated shirt, that did not fit anymore and was (I believe) a different shade of "ugly green" than these shoes, still I swear there is logic in that somewhere.

They had never been worn and again a comfort rating of 4 (and ended up stuffed with paper towels). I'm not sure how I feel about them but I am willing to wear them again so they stay.

Wear 1 (June 2013)

Circa 2010

Cost  Approx $25

Comfort 4

Pair #2