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February 26, 2010

shoe problems.

why am i obsessed with birkenstocks? i don't know. but i got my first pair in 6th grade. those ones are long gone. they got pretty worn out. i got another pair in highschool. senior year i think. for my birthday. they were black sandals with thick criss crossed straps. i still have them and wear them in the summer, but the straps aren't adjustable (so i couldn't wear them when i was pregs)
the year after that i got a pair of RED birki clogs.

i still wear them a lot.
a few years later on my "first date" with corey i got a pair of black leather london's.

i like these a lot but don't wear them as much. the sole is wearing out on the back but they leather is hardly worn at all. my roommate had a pair of really nicely worn out brown ones and i kinda wished i had gotten that color instead. i should get them re-soled sometime.
this summer i bought some red madrid's on ebay.

(mine are much cooler than these. they have a white sole and the leather is textured)
first i bought a pair of the white ibiza style. they straps were very comfortable but they were a size narrow and just a little two small.
this summer i want a pair of sparta or gizeh.

so, the whole reason i am getting all ansty about birkenstocks is because i can't stop thinking about the old shop and save in marysville. we used to go there after school ALL THE TIME and buy all sorts of stuff. it was so cheap. one time i found of pair of really nice birkentocks either the gizeh or sparta style (they were thongs and went between the toes) and i hid them under a pile of sheets so i could buy them later. they must have been more than five doll-hairs or something and that is why i needed to come back later to buy them. so, when i came back and looked under the sheets they were GONE!!!!!! so now, like more then 10 years later it is haunting me. seriously. i have been loosing sleep over this memory.

oh, and something else that keeps me up at night.
these converse maryjanes that i bought in san francisco almost 3 years ago:

these were super mega comfortable. i bought them at the macy's and then the next day we walked 11 miles around san fran and my feet only started to hurt at mile 8. i wore them to work and they were always comfortable. i miss them and want another pair.

*i'm only blogging about these shoe issues that i'm having because i think about it all the time when i'm trying to sleep at night. there is a pair of the mary janes on ebay right now and if i don't win them i will probably bite my pillow and be really upset.

Posted by alison at February 26, 2010 9:36 PM