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Lost, One Sole

4/2/2009

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It's true.  I'm now a sole-less wretch, lost and staggering.

My shoe had been in need of repairs for a while, and while at Boston Tea Party, it finally bit the dust (and me).  I'm no longer limping from the incident, but I'm afraid my shoe will never be the same.  And while I swear by Aris Allen shoes, what I'm swearing now (after swearing and hobbling around the hotel for a day) is that I don't have $40 plus shipping to spend on another pair of shoes.  So the hunt begins.

Source one: online shopping.

First stop: dancestore.com.  For the first time ever, I'm displeased to announce that my feet, at a size 8.5, are too small.  If I were a 9.5, my shoes would have been $30, and already ordered, making this a much shorter blog.  However, a size 8.5 is not on sale, and not in my budget.  On to the next site.

Second stop: ebay.  Turns out, my feet aren't the only thing lacking: I don't have the guts for online shopping.  I eyed a few pairs of candidates, but I couldn't go through with it, not without knowing for sure that they'd fit. 

Source two: the real world.

First stop: Target.  Come to find out, the current trend does not involve sneakers.  Those fancy flat slipons with no padding are all the rage.  And while rage is a bit strong to describe my feelings about them, annoyance does just right.  But ho! (No, not you, ma'am.)  What have we here, but several pairs of white canvas sneakers.  And, for the second time in my day/life, I bemoan my not-size-9.5 feet.  Although in this case, being a size 7 would have sufficed as well.

So I'm stil here, without a sole, waiting for some cobbler to come and save the day.  And by cobbler, I don't mean something filled with berries, although that would improve my day as well, come to think of it.  So cobbler or cobbler, or just a shoe that fits, I'm here, signing off.

-m.

3 Comments
Ginger
4/3/2009 10:13:32 am

Mike --
I know that everyone is against wal-mart....but I dance in 5 dollar canvas shoes from Wal-mart....I love them, Have many pairs in several colors -- lots of white ones.....for 5 bucks...you really ought to try!

Ginger

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Laurel
4/22/2009 12:17:04 am

Hey Mike!
You've probably already found shoes by now, but dancers are always in need of more, so for future reference, my cute blue ones that I love so much were actually vintage bowling shoes! I found them by searching "bowling shoes 7" (7 being my shoe size) on www.etsy.com under vintage items. Warning: bowling shoes are sometimes made with different materials on each shoe-- on mine, one was suede and one was hard leather. I don't think this is true for all shoes, though, so make sure you ask lots of questions from the seller if you go this route.

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