these boots were not made for walking.

i'm currently padding around the office in fuzzy leopard slippers as the shoes i wore to work today utterly destroyed my feet. now, before you dismiss this posting as stupid girl whining (for a brief second while starting this topic i did feel like Carrie Bradshaw, which made me want to vomit.), i will admit it - i AM a stupid girl (when it comes to shoes) who loves her shoes more than anything and keeping her feet at their maximum cuteness level is 100% more important than comfort. HOWEVER, the current problem, and major problem here, is that today i was wearing flats. There were no 3-inch stilettos keeping my legs in a unnatural stilt-walkeresque position that i can blame for the pain. No pointy fronts where my toes would have to practically overlap each other to squeeze in the narrow opening. No crazy straps or ribbons cutting off circulation in my ankles. these are plain old leather flats, and yet they are brutally uncomfortable. whyyy???

upon inspection of the (evil!!) back of the shoe, i felt the material on the inside of it seemed somewhat like cardboard, hence the destruction of my innocent heels. why couldn't the company use a different material as the liner? would it be asking too much to make the backs of shoes a little more plushy? (as i'm not a shoemaker, this may be as ludicrous as me requesting booties made of clouds, i know.) do they use unpleasant materials since they're cheaper and keep the cost down? hell, i'd have paid an extra $20 for this pair if it meant no bloodshed.

sigh. no pain, no gain i guess. but i do have faith that some happy-shoe-medium has to exist (no offense, aerosoles. valid attempt though), and one day when missy and i get off our asses and form some sort of company, it looks like we're going to have to be the ones to make it.