Dashing my haber

Yes, yes, a nothing post and then a post about haberdashery.

So, every six months or less, I must buy a new pair of shoes.  Walking is my main mode of transport, so my shoes wear out very quickly.  Buying shoes is a difficult task for me, because I have big feet, and worse, one foot is a bit larger (wider) than the other.

In my own weird way, I also have stylistic concerns.  You'd think that for someone who walks a lot, I'd buy a lot of comfortable runners.  Not so; I have my own peculiar image to maintain, not to mention the fact that I simply am too mentally lazy to juggle which shoes to wear for what.  What I want is nice black shoes that are comfortable for miles of walking with good grips and high durability that don't hurt my peculiar feet.

Yes, that is a tall order.  And it takes a correspondingly long time to fill it.  Grrr.  Why do so many shoes have no grip?  Who wants to slip and slide across, say, tile floors?  Well, I found something.  But it is not perfect.

In the same vein, I am also looking for a new wallet.  I bought my old wallet in Karachi, Pakistan last winter.  At a big gift shop warehouse festooned with reassuring anti-child-labour posters, a sure sign that children had indeed been harmed in the making of my wallet.  (As they probably have with yours, which I do not say in my defence...)  I need to carry a large number of cards around with my at once.  I imagine that nowadays, most people do.  I've got change, receipts, and on rare occasions, even cash.  It's a big bulgy wallet that I keep in my trouser pocket.

But why is it next to impossible to find a wallet that can store any reasonable fraction of that now?  What's this with ridiculously thin wallets?  What, so people are afraid of a little pocket bulge?  Seriously.  I can't find a decent wallet anywhere.  Not a one of them even has a change pouch.

Finally, while at the mall, I noticed a major department store's "Big and Tall" men's clothing collection catalogue.  Lots of tall, but no big.

Comments

[Kathleen]

this post is so adorable.

[Snag]

You should send yourself to summer camp next year. Then you could make yourself a nice wallet.

[godammitkitty]

Not sure if this is what you're after, but my husband's had good luck with these shoes. I don't see his particular 'model' on this page, but they're black, very comfortable for walking and they last for years & years.

Can't help with the wallet, though. I don't think I've seen a proper men's wallet since the 80s. That is why there's a small fortune in loose-change accumulating in our couch ;)

[Jennifer]

Mandos... bringing Pocket Bulge back!

[billy pilgrim]

do like my wife... when she finds a shoe that works (and her travails make yours sound like... a walk in the park. heh) she buys three pair. one black, one brown, and ....another black.

[fish]

For the wide of feet, I recommend these. It is all I will wear now. They are teh awesome.