The Love of a Good Shoe
Apr. 24th, 2007 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosI'm wearing a pair of walking shoes that feel like the loving embrace of a strong man: firm, structured, supportive, tender.
I don't like to go clothes shopping. I never have.
I especially do not like shoe shopping.
I do not particularly care about shoes one way or the other.
I just had a wonderful time buying shoes -- and I am in love with not one but two pairs of shoes.
I went to Shane's Foot Comfort Center, one of the 3-Day outfitters. Their 3-Day listing offered a 20% discount on shoes and socks for 3-Day walkers, and their own web site promised that long-time shoe professionals would ensure a great fit.
They were right.
I'd never met a shoe geek before -- but Ron was an utter shoe geek. A soft-spoken man in his sixties, he helped me find the recommended two pairs of walking shoes, then helped me try on a dozen office casual shoes. His knowledge was amazing, as was his concern for ensuring that my non-matching, wide feet were perfectly cared for.
As the opening line of this post indicates, I'm giddy about the shoes I'm wearing now -- and the other pair, still in its box, is just as wonderful.
Tonight's training walk is going to be a very different experience than all the rest.
I don't like to go clothes shopping. I never have.
I especially do not like shoe shopping.
I do not particularly care about shoes one way or the other.
I just had a wonderful time buying shoes -- and I am in love with not one but two pairs of shoes.
I went to Shane's Foot Comfort Center, one of the 3-Day outfitters. Their 3-Day listing offered a 20% discount on shoes and socks for 3-Day walkers, and their own web site promised that long-time shoe professionals would ensure a great fit.
They were right.
I'd never met a shoe geek before -- but Ron was an utter shoe geek. A soft-spoken man in his sixties, he helped me find the recommended two pairs of walking shoes, then helped me try on a dozen office casual shoes. His knowledge was amazing, as was his concern for ensuring that my non-matching, wide feet were perfectly cared for.
As the opening line of this post indicates, I'm giddy about the shoes I'm wearing now -- and the other pair, still in its box, is just as wonderful.
Tonight's training walk is going to be a very different experience than all the rest.
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Date: 2007-04-25 04:02 am (UTC)BTW, love the metaphor. ;)
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Date: 2007-04-26 01:41 am (UTC)I don't often use images like that and look for recognition, but I was proud of this one and was definitely hoping for some acknowledgement. ;-)