Do You Have Boring Feet?

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Can you order shoes online? Have you ever bought shoes from a catalogue, and they fit? Do you walk into a shoe store, point at what you want, and they have it in your size? Then you have boring feet. Consider yourself lucky. My feet are anything except boring. I wear a woman’s size 5 (3 UK, 35 EU). But if that isn’t bad enough, my foot is wide. Want more excitement? I have very high arches too. This means that I cannot order shoes online. It is impossible to buy a pair of shoes though a catalogue. No regular shoe stores carry my size. Very few specialty stores do either. I have to be very lucky to find a store that has even one style that will work for my feet and my orthotics. Today I got lucky. I went to SAS Shoes and met the owner, Frank. He found me a pair of lovely brown suede shoes that fit. There are two words in that sentence that are shocking. They are “lovely” and “fit”. Those two terms are usually mutually exclusive for me. If shoes are attractive, they don’t come in my size. If they come in my size, they are usually hideous. But there is another word that I need to use too. It’s “expensive”. If shoes fit, and are pleasant looking, they cost twice what you probably pay for an everyday, run of the mill pair of shoes. Sure, you might splurge on something special, but you probably also have “normal” shoes that cost under $50. I should be so lucky. But I do consider myself lucky today. The owner found a shoe in my size that is pretty. He slipped in my orthotics, and I tried them on. I was shocked and amazed. They fit perfectly, are comfortable and cute. I bought them, of course. He also found a sneaker (tennis shoe/trainer) that I liked. He didn’t have my size, but ordered a pair for me. I’ll have it in a week. So what was the damage for two pairs of everyday shoes? $361. Do you have boring feet? If so, what do you normally pay for an everyday pair of shoes to wear around the house or when grocery shopping?