I have bone spurs on the tops of my feet, and I have trouble making the laces looser right there. If a shoe comes up high on the foot and has elastic, it works pretty well. The tops of the feet thing is the hardest part to fit by mail order.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
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Ginger - Jan 01, 2008 6:52:41 pm PST #446 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Susan W. - Jan 01, 2008 6:53:54 pm PST #447 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I looked at some of the Clarks, but the ones I like are above the limit I'd set of the amount of my gift certificate plus $X cash that I can spend without going broke between now and my next payday. And since I don't want to break a New Year's resolution on January 1 and one of mine is "don't buy anything you can't pay cash for unless it's a truly dire emergency"...
Cashmere - Jan 01, 2008 6:57:02 pm PST #448 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Ah, they are spendy, Susan. That makes sense. I bought mine on sale at Elder-Beerman, so I've never paid the full price for them.
These are the most comfortable sandals I've ever had, period.
Susan W. - Jan 01, 2008 7:01:24 pm PST #449 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Ginger, if we ever end up at the same F2F, we'll have to compare feet. I don't think the knobby spots on my feet are bone spurs, because they've always been there, and surely the orthopedist would've mentioned them when he told me about the bone spurs in my heels.
Stupid feet. One of the downsides of being a near carbon copy of my paternal grandmother, apparently. Plenty of plus sides to balance it out, though.
DCJensen - Jan 01, 2008 7:05:33 pm PST #450 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
On my way to work today I listened to Minnesota Public radio. the discussion today was on Homonyms and Homophones, etc., and I thought "Ooh, this would go over well with the Buffistas."
MPR link to broadcast: [link]
Ginger - Jan 01, 2008 7:06:23 pm PST #451 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have my father's feet, the ones that kept him out of WWII. I've had surgery for other bone spurs and hammer toes. I hate my feet.
WindSparrow - Jan 01, 2008 7:16:51 pm PST #452 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
SKippity-skipping to bring this lolcat to your attention: [link]
Susan W. - Jan 01, 2008 7:22:46 pm PST #453 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
One of my grandmother's younger brothers was kept out of WWII by his feet. Now I'm wondering if we're some kind of cousins--the oddly footed tribe of central Alabama (you're originally from AL too, right?).
Ginger - Jan 01, 2008 7:26:08 pm PST #454 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm from all over, but the bad feet side of the family is from Kansas and Wisconsin.
billytea - Jan 01, 2008 7:26:55 pm PST #455 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I have my father's feet, the ones that kept him out of WWII.
"My father's feet kept him out of WWII. He could run faster than the military police."