Fashion

The Shoes

Since I am a somewhat suspicious person, I'm not going to leap back into running after being on hiatus since mid-August.  I'm going to try a few things that I probably should have been doing all along.  During this last week I have found that walking in a zero degree shoe (one with no lift at all in the heel, often called a minimalist shoe) feels better than walking in my new $80 Merrel slides. *sigh*  Of course, the only zero degree shoes I have at the moment are my VFFs, which I have begun to wear at work.  They are not exactly what I think of as the most business casual of shoes.  What do you think?

 They are comfy, as long as you don't get all froggy and wear them outside when it is sleeting.  I can't believe that I forgot they are WATER shoes, which means that the water just seems to flow into the neoprene uppers and the mesh top.  Man my feet were cold on Monday.  So while this is working for me on a 'how my feet feel' level, they aren't the footwear I want to routinely wear to work.  I did a lot of digging around the net for alternatives that would be more work friendly.  I found a pair and then continued to look about because I didn't like the $125.00 price tag.  Over $100 gets classified as a significant purchase in my book.  But after multiple hours of dithering, I went ahead and purchased a pair of Terra Plana's vivobarefoot Lucy shoes. 

Generally speaking I think this shoe is pretty innocuous.  I'd have liked them better with a less contrasty line of stitching rather than the red accent, but perhaps that splash of brightness will relieve the shoes of just being dorky.  While it may look like they have a regular shoe sole that is 1/2" thick or so, the 4 mm sole material wraps up the side of the shoe.  I found an online coupon code from another blog that gave me 25% off, which basically paid for my 2nd day air shipping because I am impatient.  They are scheduled to arrive sometime tomorrow, and hopefully will be waiting for me when I get home from work.  Yay!