Roseyland

I was reading this post about shoes on the Under The Arch blog, and I thought to myself, “I have shoes, and I’m not above blatantly stealing another bloggers idea for a post”. So here we are, I have a shoe fetish. Not that kind of fetish, it has nothing to do with other people’s shoes, only my own shoes. It’s a self loving shoe fetish. What would you call that?… um, never mind, moving on. Here are my shoes in their natural habitat. Please don’t tap on the monitor, it stresses them out.

My shoe fetish started 6 years ago when I started my first real job. This job came with an unwritten dress code. Khakis and a polo shirt. I’m not exactly what you would call fashion conscious, but I do get bored easily, and wearing the same thing day in and day will slowly drive you insane. Sure you can wear any type of polo shirt you want, but after a while, they all look the same. I feel sorry for polo shirt designers. I’m pretty sure every type of stripe that could have been invented has been and is on a polo shirt somewhere. So how do I stop the insanity? Shoes. There are all kinds of different shoes out there. The shoes below are currently my favorite pair. I like them so much, I couldn’t be bothered to take them off for this picture. Also, isn’t that a nice calf muscle? Say yes.

I think these are my second favorite pair of shoes. They remind me of the first somewhat fashionable bowling shoe style Steve Madden’s that I bought when the whole shoe fetish thing started. Notice the frayed shoe lace. The cat has a shoe lace fetish.

I tried to do a catless post, but the cat had other ideas. I like these shoes a lot, because they are understated. At first they look like any other brown shoe, but that stitching gives them some type of extra touch or something. Unfortunately, I don’t wear these shoes much in the summer, because they don’t work with shorts. No, I don’t wear shorts to work, but for some reason I still can’t wear these shoes in the summer. Issues, I has them.

These are my default tennis shoes. I don’t wear them much, but they are a staple.

I call these thongs, that’s right thongs. When I was little, flip flops were called thongs, and once my brain has assigned an object a name, it sticks. I don’t wear these much either. I’ve never gotten into wearing thongs. The strap between my toes annoys me, and I always feel like they are going to fly off. Also, I think I have ugly feet.

I think these shoes are totally cool, and I need to wear them more. The only small complaint I have is that they have a very soft sole. It’s almost like wearing a moccasin. They are very comfortable around the house, but out on the street, they feel weird.

I loved these shoes when I bought them, but for some reason when I see them on me, they feel just a little too out there for me. I still wear them though. They are a good casual shoe.

There you have it, my shoe fetish out in the open for all to see. I used to have more shoes, but I never wore most of them, so I donated a lot to goodwill. I buy most of my shoes at DSW shoe warehouse. It’s really the only option I’ve found for men’s shoes in St. Louis. There used to be a cool store for men’s shoes in the Galleria, but they were expensive and my fetish isn’t that strong. When I was in Chicago, I found a lot of cool shoe stores. If you know of a good place to buy men’s shoes in St. Louis, please leave a comment.