The Big Girlie Shoe Post

[ailbhe]

I have new sandals! Gobi on this page, in "triple blue" strap colour. They are so incredibly comfortable I might die. I hope they still are in a week's time. The shop where I bought them measured me feet - something Clarks have refused to do in this town - and gave me a little lecture on the changes to the bone structure of feets in pregnancy, which was nice as it showed they knew what they were talking about.

The sandals support my feet beautifully. They are lovely to my arches, have adequate toespace so that my little toes aren't squashed, don't chafe the broken and badly set second toe on my left foot, don't slide around on my feet when I run, have air-padded heels, and a guarantee.

I will be having these guys fit my next pair of winter shoes, which are likely to be some kind of walking shoe or boot too. I haven't had shoes that fit this well since I was a kid. They measured the distance from my heel to the ball of my foot and there to my toes seperately. They took width measurements. They made me walk around in the sandals while they looked at my feet at ground level to check the fit.

I was very glad I'd cut my toenails recently, and to my shame I was pleased I'd shaved my legs a while ago; my leg hair grows more slowly in pregnancy so they are not very carthorselike at the moment.

And they come with a water resistant carry bag, which will almost certainly do duty as Yet Another Messy Sack For The Nappy Bag in due course.

And I will cheerfully wear them with a skirt or trousers. And it's already mostly above 10C/50F outside so it's not too cold for sandals.

Happy dance!

Comments

[sidheag.livejournal.com]

Yay, glad that worked out!

[nicolap.livejournal.com]

Ooh, coveting... (of your shoe shop, as well as your sandals).

I have decided I am far too old, and walk far too many miles to wear anything other than sensible and well fitting shoes, which means hiking boots in winter and sports sandally things the rest of the time. But Derbyshire IS definitely still too cold, at present for sandals. Maybe next week...

[ailbhe]

I've never worn anything other than sensible, well-fitting shoes... but as an adult I've never had a *professionally fitted* shoe. I've also never worn a heel higher than an inch.

DMs used to be wide enough for my toes, and with insoles supportive enough for my arches. But as pregnancy spread spreads 'em, they become less useful... and besides, I've never had them *professionally fitted*.

It's not a shoe-shop. It's an Outdoor Sports shop. Tents, camping stoves, surfboards, rockclimbing gear, etc. And footwear.

[rmc28]

When it's a bit warmer I am going to have to go to the local good outdoors shop for similar. My existing sports-sandal things are about 3 years old and deteriorating.

There was frost on the bicycle this morning, so I am not that hopeful, despite what Tony says about fractal seasons.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Wow. I wish I liked sandals.

As it is, I have this terrible phobia of having my toes eaten by a dog, or stung by a wasp I didn't see. Yes, the inside of my head is a funny place, why do you ask? ;)

[ailbhe]

I adore sandals, but in winter I fully expect them to find me something just as fabulous in a shoe or boot. These are the people who found a rucksack short enough for my back, after all, and large enough for a full set of camping kit - a regular teenager's pack is too small in volume, and a ladies' pack is too long.

Pregnancy has really aged my poor ole feets. I'm glad I found them someone to look after them.

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

What fabulous shoes :) That reminds me that we all admired the sandals that one of the mums was wearing last summer at the baby group & she said they were sports sandals. I did keep meaning to go to the sports shop & try some on myself. I've not had my feet measured since I was a child. I was a 5 1/2 & then all my shoes were too big after my first pregnancy, so I've just assumed that I'm now a 6.

typo

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

big = small

[flybabydizzy.livejournal.com]

Happy dance!

yes, she really did do a happy dance. and jumped and ran in the shop. She refused to take them off
(Thanks for a lovely day, and dh DID share the food!)

[nicolechan.livejournal.com]

Those are cute shoes! I need to find a pair that are professionaly fit to my foot. What a nice service :) Too bad that kind of service is VERY rare here.

[pogodragon.livejournal.com]

But where did you get them? The website only lists the distributor up in Cumbria. I want some good walking sandals but I don't think that I can justify a trip to the Lake District to buy them.

The Josef Siebel ones that I got last year *look* like sensible and comfortable things to wear on my feet, but they really don't live up to their looks.

[ailbhe]

A walking and outdoor sports shop. I expect Blacks etc do them.

My Josef Seibel also *look* sensible, and were fine for very minor activity, but totally inadequate for toddler-chasing. Plus they no longer fit properly.

[pogodragon.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this, I shall go hunting.

The JS ones are fine for half a mile or so then they decide that I really need a blister just *there* and one *there* too for good measure.

[k425.livejournal.com]

They look lovely. Rah for good shops!

Still too cold here - there was frost this morning when we left for work.