last night, in a fit of paycheck giddiness, i decided to stop by the wide shoe warehouse and check out their new stock. they had a lot of cute winter shoes and i found myself torn between 3 or 4 pairs.
i decided that i didn't need the cute black ankle boots. i already have a pair of black knee-length boots, as well as some bootish shoes. i'm good on black shoes. i can have willpower when it comes to black.
but i really, really, really wanted these brown proxy tutors, and they didn't have my size in stock. these shoes were so comfortable (with an amazing arch support for a 2" heel!) and snazzy, with the perforations and little bow. it killed me that i couldn't leave with those shoes. i wrote down the style and what size i thought i'd need, and just figured i could maybe buy them online.
so i kept walking around the store and these round-toed red clarks caught my eye. now, i'm coming around to the whole round-toe idea, but these round-toes seemed too bulbous-looking. they felt clownish. the geometric opposite of pointy-toes.
so i ended up buying another pair of clarks that were nice. i have to admit, though, that i'm not in love with these shoes. i kept saying to the friendly sales lady, "i wish these came in a snazzier color, like blue or red." these are kind of a taupe/gray, and while i don't have anything like it in my shoe collection there's probably a reason for that. aside from the color, though, there is nice detailing on the shoe that i do like. plus, i've never owned a pair of clarks before, and i feel like that is something i must do before i die. but i've also got this niggling notion that the toebox felt a little too small when i put the shoes on for that photo this morning. i'm feeling pretty conflicted about these shoes.
but i bought them anyway. which makes me wonder if it's physically impossible for me to visit the wide shoe warehouse without purchasing something. i think it's a sickness.
when i got home i did a quick search on zappos and found out that the taupe clarks i bought do come in other colors, and now i'm wondering... should i take mine back? and maybe buy the same shoe in a different color (probably red) online?
to further complicate matters, i also googled those proxy tutors and can't seem to find anyone that sells them. and i cannot stop thinking about these shoes. if i want them, i apparently need to get them at the wide shoe warehouse and have them special-order order my size.
so... maybe i should do that --take my taupe clarks back to the wide shoe warehouse and exchange them for a special-ordered pair of the proxy tutors in my size-- and then maybe, if i decide i really like the style of these taupe clarks enough, i can buy them in a new color from zappos later (even though zappos' price on those shoes is about $20 more than the wide shoe warehouse's).
so the questions:
* should i keep the taupe shoes? are they cute despite the taupe? do i like the taupe? i do not know.
* should i exchange the taupe clarks for the proxy tutors, which i clearly like better?
* should i buy the red version of the clarks online? have i decided whether the style is cute enough?
i don't know what to do.
but listen... if zappos sells gift certificates, you know what to get me for christmas.
Posted by xta at December 1, 2005 12:43 PM | TrackBackShoes shoes shoes! I have such shoe envy when I read your shoe posts. I love the proxy tutors....try to find them in your size. KEEP LOOKING. I like the taupe by the way they are quite different......you should keep them.
And I don't know about those red ones....I like them but can see how they might look clownish in all but the smallest of sizes.
Now, buy some more shoes for me to envy!
Posted by: Gidge at December 1, 2005 8:38 PMAs a fan of shoes, and in particular, red shoes, I still have to give my thumbs up on the taupe shoes. I don't generally go for taupe since they're so "my mom", but those are some nice looking shoes.
The proxy tutors, however, leave the taupe shoes in the dust. I highly recommend you get them, quickly. I love them very much.
Posted by: Becky at December 1, 2005 8:46 PM"...and i cannot stop thinking about these shoes"
get the proxy tutors, already!! and, why settle for taupe when you can have RED?!
yesterday, i gave in to a recent shoe infatuation of my own: totally impractical, yet extremely hott, black T-straps: http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/7191286/c/49118.html
the ones I got were slightly lower (2.5" heel), and instead of the scalloped detailing, they have little cut-outs at the toe and heel. i'm in love...
Posted by: jill at December 2, 2005 12:31 PMAs always, I am impressed at your shoe savvy, and mildly jealous that you can actually wear such fun shoes, as everything other than sneakers seem to kill me.
that said, I am wearing a brand-new pair of doc marten oxfords, purchased for me by my husband, which are as comfortable as slippers. my entire office has reassured me that they are not so boyish as to make me look like a construction worker. i'm going to see if there are any doc maryjanes with their new "flex sole" which might be a mite more feminine. because I have never worn shoes like this that were so comfortable right out of the box.
Posted by: pinky at December 2, 2005 1:13 PMwell, i just called the wide shoe warehouse and asked if they could order my size in the proxy tutors. the answer was "no"... they shoe is hard to find (duh!) and they can only sell what they've got. they called their store in charlotte to see if they had it in stock, and they don't.
the woman i talked to suggested i come in and try the size they have --a half size too big for me-- with something called a "toe stop". i think that's what she called it... it was described as a soft foam thing you jam in the toe bed.
i think at this point i might just try it. i'm feeling ever more "meh" about the taupe clarks.
jill- those t-straps are sooo cute!
pinky- do you think wide shoes would help? i'm happy to take you shopping with me next time i go...