Remember going to buy new shoes when we were kids? It was always an adventure for me. Going to the shoe store with mom meant one of two things: Either party with my brand new outfit, came brand new shoes, or we were preparing for the first day of school and with the new uniform came the new shoes. Either way, I loved the entire experience. It was an experience.
We’d walk into the shoe store and my eyes would almost glaze over as I looked at all the shoes on the shelves or propped on shelves against the wall. And they all smelled so good, too. But we didn’t just pick out the shoes we wanted. Oh, no. There was an entire procedure to be followed.
So don’t get me started with women who wear sandals that DO hurt, bruise, cut, and cause blisters but wear them anyway for the sake of fashion. There is nothing even remotely fashionable or attractive about a woman wearing sandals and Band-Aids on their feet.
Come on, ladies, let’s be real. We get manicures, pedicures, and various waxings. We cut, color, and dye our hair. We diet (God, how we diet). We spend money of loads of makeup, jewelry and other beauty products to enhance and compliment our femininity. But then time rolls around and we jam our feet into sandals that don’t fit, aren’t comfortable, and that we simply can’t walk in. Tell me what I am missing.
We buy the perfect dress and the perfect shoes for the perfect occasion. We walk into an event looking like a million bucks and then the first chance we get, we kick our shoes under the table and spend the rest of the evening bare footed. We have all seen women on the dance floor sans shoes. We have also seen women walking down the street and we KNOW, as does everyone else, that she is wearing sandals that just don’t fit properly.
Ladies, my advice is simple. If you want to look good, by all means purchase and wear sandals that fit your life style. But for feet sake, purchase and wear sandals that actually fit. I have seen so many women falling out of their sandals, that when I see someone whose sandals actually DO fit and who doesn’t seem to be on the verge of falling and breaking her neck, I have an almost overwhelming desire to run to her, hug her, and thank her for all of us who are too vain, too frugal or just plain too stupid to wear sandals that fit. SIZE MATTERS, LADIES! We normally wear a size eight and a half shoe but when spring time comes we try to jam our feet into a size seven sandal. Shouldn’t we be smarter than that?
