{"id":450,"date":"2007-05-17T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2007-05-18T00:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=450"},"modified":"2007-05-17T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2007-05-18T00:37:10","slug":"thursday-thirteen-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Thirteen &#8211; Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the 27th edition of <em>the screaming pages<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/thursdaythirteen.com\">Thursday Thirteen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#comments\">Yesterday<\/a> I mentioned that my new job will mean that I&#8217;m likely not going to be able to afford the new pair of shoes I want anytime soon.  <a href=\"http:\/\/agentlemansdomain.typepad.com\/\">Nicholas<\/a> commented that overpriced designer shoes are useless.  I beg to differ.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/button_thursdaythirteen.jpg\" id=\"image191\" alt=\"button_thursdaythirteen.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><center>Thirteen reasons I need more shoes.<\/center><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>My hubby has more pairs of shoes than I do.  Honest.  We counted.<\/li>\n<li>I have very small but oddly wide feet.  It&#8217;s hard to find shoes to fit me outside of the children&#8217;s department.  Most children&#8217;s shoes are very poorly made with cheap materials.  Sure, I may only spend 20$ a pair, but they hurt my feet and fall apart within months, resulting in my needing to buy MORE shoes.<\/li>\n<li>A well made pair of shoes can last a very long time.  I once had a pair of Doc&#8217;s that I wore for 5 years straight &#8211; until I wore out the soles.  Anyone who has previously owned Doc&#8217;s can tell you this is no easy feat.<\/li>\n<li>Price tag on the Doc&#8217;s was over $250.  The shoe stores that carried them wouldn&#8217;t order children&#8217;s sizes because no one in the right mind would spend that much $$ on a pair of shoes for a kid who would outgrow them in a few months.  I had to have them special ordered in and waited over a month for them to arrive.<\/li>\n<li>I once spent 3 weeks searching for a pair of simple black dress shoes with a small heel (less than 1 in) appropriate for daily wear at work.<\/li>\n<li>I think it&#8217;s far better to spend a lot of money on a good pair of shoes that will last a number of years than on a cheap pair that will fall apart in a matter of weeks.  Over a given period of time, it&#8217;ll actually cost less $$.<\/li>\n<li>Rockports and Naturalizer shoes cost approximately 75% of the price tag on a the Prada shoes I want.  If I&#8217;m going to spend that much money anyway, I might as well save my pennies and go all the way.<\/li>\n<li>I need something comfortable on my feet when I walk up 9 flights of stairs in the parking garage at the end of the work day.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s terribly embarrassing to only own one pair of black shoes (Doc&#8217;s) that you can wear to work.  Have you ever tried looking business-like in a skirt and Doc&#8217;s?<\/li>\n<li>They fit properly.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re appropriate for work or play.<\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re comfortable.<\/li>\n<li>If I bought them, I&#8217;d have shoes that match my purse and wallet \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><small><center><a href=\"http:\/\/thursdaythirteen.com\">Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!<\/a><\/center><\/small><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday.  Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged!  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