Day 346: Favorite type of shoes

[maeve66]

I hate shoes. I think I always have, except for the Dr. Scholl's leather sandals I had as a kid, which are kind of a forerunner of Birkenstocks. I remember I went to some department store in downtown Evanston, when I was eleven or so -- Litton's? Anyway, the supercilious prick of a shoe salesman tut tutted at the width of my feet and claimed I had done something to make them wide, like wearing tennis shoes instead of pointy-toed shoes. He utterly shamed me. Now I see my younger niece's feet and they are genetically identical to mine. And she's 9. What a fucker that salesman was. Anyway, for whatever reasons (and I am sure that is one of them) I fucking hate shoes. I own three pairs: a pair of New Balance walking shoes; a pair of Birkenstock Arizona sandals; and a pair of black sort of suede Mary Janes that despite their deep cushioning, are very painful after even an hour of wearing them, I think because the sole is on a slant, so it mashes my toes.

I have no favorite shoes.