John

My mother has conspired to destroy my finances.

No seriously, I used to buy all of my shoes at Wal-Mart. I’ve been doing this for years. Except for a few pairs of shoes (that are now 10 years old) just about everything I’ve ever put on my feet has come from Walmart.

Then in 2005 I’m talking about my knees and back hurting when I get off work and my mom lets me try on her oversized pair of Spira Wavesprings. I run around the store in them and I’m hooked. I steal that pair and have since worn the sole’s completely through on that pair and two other pairs. Now workin on my fourth pair of Spiras (not cheap) I’ve had to give in further and get Birkenstock inserts for those because my last job involved standing in one spot for hours at a time.

Now, I understand the concept behind Birkenstock and know that it molds your feet back into a “natural” position. But now it hurts to walk barefoot and even new shoes make my feet cramp up! I can understand now how my mom can just stand up in a pair of shoes and immediately go, “no!”. I do it too.

Thanks mom, you could have at least gotten me hooked on chocolate truffles… wait, you did that too.