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By: Moments of Fame « Funny about Money

Moments of Fame « Funny about Money — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:16:04 +0000

[...] Blog Championship Series theme, by Adam at Your Money Relationship, where Funny’s latest shoe-buying tale appears. In the arrrrghhhh! department, check out Consumer Boomer’s story of the amazing deal [...]

By: Your Money Relationship - Carnival of Money Stories #93 - BCS Edition

Your Money Relationship - Carnival of Money Stories #93 - BCS Edition — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:04:45 +0000

[...] at Funny About Money went shopping for shoes that don’t hurt. Sometimes you need to spend money for quality things. They will definitely last [...]

By: Trade Made: Discount scored « Funny about Money

Trade Made: Discount scored « Funny about Money — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:36:47 +0000

[...] Shoe Mill in lovely downtown Tempe (for those of you who haven’t been following along, these pain-free shoes are made by the original makers of the formerly glorious Danskos, which are now manufactured in [...]

By: SimplyForties

SimplyForties — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:29:49 +0000

Well, those are very cute shoes and thanks for passing along the info on Footprints.com. I’ll be heading there next!

By: More shoes…cheap! « Funny about Money

More shoes…cheap! « Funny about Money — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:06:26 +0000

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By: frugalscholar

frugalscholar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:22:11 +0000

Hi Funny,

You can get Sanita seconds at Footprints.com. This is a very cool website run by a cool person. He also carries Dansko.

My mother buys very expensive Munro shoes at Nordstrom. I found some for cheaper at Sierra Trading Post.

Hope that helps, esp the Footprints tip.

By: funnyaboutmoney1

funnyaboutmoney1 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:03:59 +0000

Anything with heels and pointy toes…ouch! These shoes are characterized by heels and pointy toes, which to my mind are comparable to the now defunct Chinese practice of binding women’s feet. Even in flat styles, pointed toes hurt. Notice that these little guys are sold in stores like Dillard’s. I’ve found that shoes sold in women’s shoe departments almost invariably hurt like the dickens.

Look at your feet. Notice that unless your feet have been deformed by daily wear of shoes like these (by the time you’re 45, this will begin to become evident), your feet are NOT POINTY. Look at a man’s feet, which (unless he affects drugstore cowboy boots), are NOT POINTY. The human foot is not supposed to be pointy. For some reason, our culture has decided that deformed feet on women are sexy.

Forcing your feet into high-heels with pointed toes deforms your feet over time and causes permanent pain.

Pain, IMHO, is not sexy.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:29:13 +0000

Have you tried Sofft? They have great styles, with the comfort and you can stuff under $100!!! http://www.sofftshoe.com