About a month ago I was walking from my car to buy a cup of coffee and realized that my feet felt very heavy and warm. I looked down and gasped, ’Oh my God! I am still wearing my suede winter boots!’
I bought my coffee and went next door to the Pay Less shoe store! As luck would have it, they were running a buy one get the second pair half off sale! Whooo hooo! And then I proceeded to shop till I dropped.
Since it was all ready May, I decided to buy new walking shoes, sandals and jogging shoes. Stores that only sell shoes offers an immense quantity and variety of styles to choose from.
The best time to buy shoes is late afternoon. By then your feet are warm and’swollen’ affording you a truer fit. Buying shoes early in the morning before doing hundreds of walking steps or running, the chances of your feet hurting later in the day after you’ve worn the new shoes for a few hours is much greater!
The day I shopped, I had met the criteria for shoe shopping; I was even wearing socks! How often do you wear sneakers, jogging or walking shoes without socks? For a much better and accurate fit, always try on athletic footwear wearing socks!
I do not recommend only buying brand name shoes or athletic footwear! In fact, those suede boots I mentioned earlier were still as comfortable as the day I bought them 3 years early. The cost:$20!
When I purchase boots, I always buy them a half size larger to accomodate wearing two or more pairs of winter socks.
Happy shoe shopping!