since i almost always go barefoot except in the ‘public’ forum, no, changing my shoes doesnt really matter to me…however, when i want a real ‘change’ i go buy a bottle of hair color…puts a whole new perspective on things…

Thank you, Liz Smith! I too have neuropathy in my feet. Though I love beautiful shoes, if I tried to wear them, I would fall flat on my face. My only consolation is that when this condition finally puts me in a wheel chair (and it will), I intend to buy and wear the sexiest 4 inch heels imaginable! For those of you who can wear those ‘beautiful’ shoes, try to be understanding when we walk into a room wearing a great outfit and ‘ugly’ shoes. Sometimes the reason is not our lack of style, but simply out of our control. A friend and I were going to an important dinner one night, and when I walked out into the lobby of our hotel to meet her, her only comment was, “Do you have to wear those shoes?!” I immediately felt frumpy and sad. She is no longer a friend!

…change your shoes, change your life…. baby shoes… first day of school shoes….. first communion shoes…. along with Easter shoes…. ballet shoes…. first heels…. cowgirl shoes…. colorgaurd shoes….. prom shoes… campus shoes…. f#$% + pumps….. hiking shoes…. wedding shoes…. honeymoon shoes…. pregnant 9 month new size forever shoes….. mom taxi driver shoes….. crocs, flipflops and boots with a heel to keep my perpetual cold feet far away from the cold ground….. tucked away from the dust, on the top shelf of my closet, my dancing shoes….. (that was fun:)….

hey peggy, since you won’t come slumming over on the hillary vs obama pages I’ve decided to come over here to get a little action Noonan style — Here’s something you can sink your dentures into: I rise in defense of rev Jeremiah wright — (1) So only a racist, america hating demagogue says that the U.S.of A can be aptly referred to as the USKKK of A and has its own history of terrorism … well, isn’t it true that in the United states nearly 3000 African Americans died at the hands of white racists and vigilante mobs between 1882 and 1930. The scale of this carnage means that, on the average, a black man, woman, or child was murdered nearly once a week, every week, between 1882 and 1930 by a hate-driven white mob”. And isn’t it true that at its peak in the mid-1920s, the KKK included about 15% of the nation’s eligible population, approximately 4–5 million men and that today, researchers estimate there may be more than 150 Klan chapters. (2.) And what were the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic weapons of mass destruction if not state sponsored acts of GENOCIDE? The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continued the strategy of saturation bombing to destroy civilian morale; one nighttime fire-bombing of Tokyo took 80,000 lives. That bombing was by its very nature indiscriminate, not aimed primarily at military targets.And then, on August 6, 1945, came the lone American plane in the sky over Hiroshima, dropping the first atomic bomb killing nearly 200,000. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, with perhaps 50,000 killed. The justification for these atrocities was that this would end the war quickly, making unnecessary an invasion of Japan. Yet, General George Marshall had urged a warning to the Japanese about the bomb, so people could be removed and only military targets hit. This carnage was unnecessary, because Japan, by August 1945, was in desperate shape and ready to surrender. A New York Times military analyst wrote, shortly after the war: Gen Curtis Lemay himself said – if we lose this war we’ll be tried as war criminals. Lancet estimates 600,000 civilian deaths in the Iraq War, which was a pre-emptive war in violation of International Law, according to Kofi Annon. (3.) As for the origin of AIDS? Do we really know where did AIDS came from? Didn’t the United States Health Service deliberately infect African Americans with syphillis at Tuskegee? In fact, do we even know the origin of the terrorist campaign involving Anthrax through the U.S. Postal Service after 9/11? Why can’t the FBI, CIA, NSA, or military intelligence solve that mystery? Is anyone still trying to find out? What’s to prevent it from happening again before the November elections? Doesn’t the above show that anything can happen in the U.S? (4) As for “Goddamn America”? Won’t future generations of Americans damn this generation for ignoring the inexorable slide toward to climate catastrophe and continue to increase the rate of green house gas releases and refusal to join in the Kyoto treaty?

Change my shoes? Does that mean I go from one pair of solitary foot confinement, straight to another? How will my little arches, arch; my toes squiggle and wriggle; my ankles rotate? My foundations don’t want armor. They want freedom. Freedom to the feets!

It’s so great that women’s feet can interest even a man. Where is that new button!!

Definitely! I feel a different woman depending on what shoes I’m wearing . That’s why flylady is right to tell women to get dressed to the shoes every day! LOL! I can’t wear those awful flipflop thong things, I won’t ! My ideal is a lovely foot glove from ………. in the UK. I’m a great believer in looking after your feet; if they’re ok, you’re ok. The kind of shoes one wears is totally up to the wearer and the mood, situation etc.I’m not a fashion slave, don’t ever wear a size too small and don’t wear shoes that could be a health hazard! :) And I dislike sales people who say they suit you or they’ll stretch. Happy Shoe Shopping to everyone!

I my teenage years I was into horses, so I had various boots and athletic shoes and one spectacular pair of 4in. black high heels. I met many a hunk while wearing those shoes. Then I served as a welfare missionary in Guatemala. Many of my charges lived 6-10 people to a 10 x 10 room, dirt floor, no furniture, 2 hammocks, with a herd of pigs in the yard, no indoor plumbing. A young couple and their baby and toddler all slept together on a twin mattress in a 6X6 dirt floor shack. Half the population lived this way. Now, 30 years later, knowing what I know and seeing what I’ve seen, I have only two pairs of fabulous high heels because I can’t justify spending more.

I believe in heels. I believe that they make me stand taller, walk straighter, have better posture, and become more noticeable. I get taken more seriously when I am 4 inches taller than my usual 5’4”. I have more presence - it may just be confidence, or some sort of chicken/egg cycle, but if it works, I go with it.

I always thought it was, “change your hair, change your life.” That one I believe!

I wish I could wear beautiful 4-5-6-inch high heels. I can’t. So I wear my feet bear when I can and make sure I have a fabu pedicure.

Once I discovered Rykas, which are made by women, for women’s feet, they became my shoe of choice. I have them in different styles and in a range of colors. I love them because they are comfortable from the minute I buy them and put them on my feet. Occasionally I change into Birkenstocks or Teva sandals depending on the weather and my mood. I never wore high heels because even before I knew what they did to our bodies, I had a bad feeling about them. Plus I would never wear anything but socks, even when I was in high school (48 years ago) and even when I worked I wore the socks under boots. Nylons made me queasy. I’ve always been about comfort first and if my feet feel comfortable and I’m having a good hair day, I feel good about myself.