Shoes

when you buy shoes, what exactly is going through your head? the whole concept has changed a great deal for me "over the years." wow, that sounded so fogie-ish. anyway, used to be the reason i bought new shoes was cuz my old ones got too small. i'm usually pretty good on my shoes, and i never actually wore out a pair until i was like, 15 or something. so, when i was little, and my shoes started getting old, i would start trying to imagine that they were to small. i could hardly wait for my toes to pinch painfully so i could start asking for a new pair. always high tops. nothing else would do. the low ones were just un-cool. then after a few years i got to the point where i sometimes liked the ones with low tops. for a few years every other shoe would be high top, then low. then came the big moment. the time when... i started wanting name brand! *clash of cymbols* needless to say, it was shortly after this that i started having to either help buy, or entirely pay for my shoes. then i got to the point where i only bought running shoes (the same place that i happen to be at today). i usually vacillate between nike and new balance. when i actually purchase the shoes, i always want ones that look totally awesome, but no matter which ones i get i always end up thinking after a couple of weeks that they look more cool than any of the others. weird. used to always get white, cuz they looked so shiny and new when they're new. then i realized that grey, silver, black is the way to go. aaaaaaaand i'm always thinking that i'll keep the old pair that i'm retiring for working, and only wear the new ones for when... um... they won't get dirty?? on good shoe buying sessions it'll be several weeks. but then before you know it, the new ones are the grunge, the old ones are the work shoes, and the new ones on the shelf are calling your name. but i'll just wipe the concrete and paint off my nike shox running shoes (more mullah than i should pay for work shoes) and hope they last another year or so. why isn't shelling out the dough so fun when it's yours?