Now, I am a person that is rather resistant to change. Especially when it comes to footwear. I’ve had the same pair of sneakers since freshman year of college. They’re completely broken in, they fit my feet perfectly, and for the most part they are in one piece. Now, I have a pair of brown shoes that I wear EVERYWHERE. To work, out and about, you name, I wear em. So as I was wandering Boston the other day when it was wet out, I noticed that the bottoms of my feet were getting wet. This was quite the surprise as these shoes are leather. And I hadn’t stepped in any puddles so they couldn’t have entered through a seam between the sole of the shoe and the leather upper. So, I flip the shoes over, and discovered that I have work the shoes right through the sole. Right at about the balls of your feet, in both my shoes, there are holes. That is kind of a testament to how much I’ve worn these shoes that I’ve worn a hole right through them.
It’s also interesting to see the pattern of wear on the shoes. The right shoe is worn down a lot more than the left, and there is major wear on the heels of each shoe, on the outside, again, more on the right shoe than the left. (I am right handed).
The problem now, is that I cannot find the same shoe. I want the same shoe. This shoe has seerved me well for four years, and sadly, I cannot find it. I got this shoe from American Eagle, and they don’t even sell shoes anymore. They sell sneakers and socks, but no shoes, so I can’t even find an updated model, like with sneakers. Sneaker purchasing is somewhat easy because every year, the sneaker companies come out with a model that’s quite comparable to last years, only with some style changes.
It has come to the point where i need to buy a new pair of sneakers and a new pair of shoes, and I dread it ever so. They’ve served me well, and it seems like such an act of disloyalty to simply toss them away…
