Shoes which feet

Long time ago when I was still little girl, I was amazed to see my auntie's shoes. It's not the models, but the amount (she had a lot of shoes..). This auntie was living with us at that time, so I could easily spot her every time she bought new shoes. At that time I didn't understand why she needed so many shoes, even though she sometimes told us that it's because she couldn't find ones which were really comfortable. 

On the contrary, my mom never had a lot of shoes. I still remember her shoes which were mostly very simple pumps-type with not so high heels. I think once I said to her that I would never wear such shoes. But then again, you could always be wrong. 

Back to the auntie, yes, now I really understand why she (liked to) had a lot of shoes. Often it's not because you want to wear different shoes every day, or to show to people that you have many different ones.. but it's just sometimes very difficult to satisfy your feet. Satisfy? Well, other words: avoid to torture these part of the body which have big task to make sure you're moving here and there.. (yes, I love my feet..=) )

My searching of good shoes probably has started for years. I learned that high heels or no heels both could hurt my feet.. Except if I just wear the shoes and don't even move. It's very rarely I could find very comfortable shoes yet look very good. And for this sake of my soul-shoes-mate searching, I keep (trying to buy) buying shoes.

Until someday my boyfriend saw those shoes boxes and he was really really really (I mean it. He's sooooo) amazed to see them *I guess he never saw a woman having that many shoes* and asked me to make a shoes-show and to put all shoes on the floor so he could take a picture of them.. *sigh*. But heyy.. I think that's not a lot because there are also my hiking boots and sandals (which to be honest, my hiking boots and my high-heel crocs are the most comfortable shoes to walk). 

Well, at this point I could only say that I understand now how my auntie's feeling about the shoes, and particularly her feet.

Now I'm at the point where I think the problem could be (still not 100% though) with my feet. 


Last week when I had a chance to visit the shopping center in Frankfurt, I used the time really to check each shoes stores. But I got nothing at the end of the day. No shoes I could feel like "that's it!" Good model but hurt the feet. Comfortable but very expensive. - well, about the price, since I already consider that the probability to find the good ones for my feet are very very rare in any occasion, I always try to limit my budget. I'm sure often there's a price for a good product ("ada harga ada barang?" hehe), but this is still not yet proven with shoes (at least based on my experience). - 

Then after that experience in Frankfurt, I started to look at any women walking with their shoes. I started to wonder how they could walk so elegant (and yet looked very comfortable) on those very high heels.. I really wondered.. (when I told this to my boyfriend, he just said: they feel hurt also on their feet, hon.. I think I never met women who never complain about their shoes.. *is it true? if yes, how poor we are..*)

In the end I came to conclusion that perhaps my feet are the problem. I started to think how to wear my shoes more comfortable (by using additional footbed or whatever..) so there is no need to buy new ones. 

Until... I was in Düsseldorf the next day, and I had only one hour before the shops were closed. I went to a shoes store of course. Went straight to test my luck. And there we go. I bought ones.. Again they're not perfect (I feel hurt a bit), but one is at least comfortable for walking. And the prices are really OK (much cheaper and the brand I couldn't find here).

Fiuhh.. long story he? 

So after all those stories, I think my soul-shoes-mate searching will keep going..

*dedicated to my beloved feet and the two shoes which comfort her =)*