Fear of Footwear

No, I'm not afraid of shoes. It's the horrible things other people put on their feet that scares me.

You should first know that I'm incredibly picky when it comes to my own footwear, so, naturally, I like to check out whats "out there". I have to LOVE a shoe to buy it. Just because I love it, however, doesn't always mean they work out. I bought two pair of awesome shoes at the beginning of the season that I will NEVER WEAR AGAIN. That's not entirely true. If I have somewhere to go where shoes are required only for the first fifteen minutes, I'd wear these cause that's about as long as I can stand wearing those evil shoes.

Back to my story...

I rode the train from work the other evening with a very attractive, normal looking woman wearing a pair of pink, purple and light blue striped pants. Sounds normal enough, right? WRONG. Her choice of footwear, besides being a fall shoe, were the most horrific orange plaid I've ever laid eyes on, on an off-white background. The off-white clashed with the white background of her pants, but that plaid...Oh. My. God! I spent a good hour and a half that evening looking online for them. Had I found them I def would have shared here, but I've come to the decision that they're from another country (planet?) because we Americans would NEVER allow them to be sold on our shores.

Yeah, I've got issues, I know.

While we're on the subject of horrific footwear, can we talk about men that wear white tube socks with black shoes? These sad sacks must NOT have women in their lives to beat them before they're able to leave the house. I was skeeved all those years ago, as a child, watching Michael Jackson moonwalk on the American Music Awards, with his white slouch socks and black loafers (but to be fair, there's LOTS about MJ to be skeeved about). Make no mistake, in my estimation, white tights with black shoes on women are a no-no as well. I can't even wear white socks underneath my boots, I'm physically incapable of pairing the two.

And yeah, I mentioned wedge heels a couple posts back. Not just any wedges. The evil shoes I talked about above were wedges. I'm talking about the stupid skinny wedges that kinda look like regular heels, but aren't. Ya gotta commit ladies...standard heels or wedges, no combos!

Issues...I've got em.