Have you ever had a favorite pair of shoes? Describe them.
20 years ago answers come first, followed by 2019 answers.
Linda:
One of my favorite shows on HGTV is Mission Impossible. Each episode
shows someone’s office or playroom or bedroom totally out of
control from clutter. Every time they show a bedroom redo
I always shake my head in amazement mostly because of how many shoes
so many women own – and won’t give up!
I
can’t relate.
The
shoe stack in my closet is seven feet tall and it’s filled with …
books! I just don’t get into shoes.
I
could be embarrassed to admit that I have a pair of black pumps that
I wore as recently as last summer that are over 20 years old. They
must be favorites. The only reason I don’t wear them to church much
anymore is because I still wear another old pair of black suede Mary
Janes that are flat and more comfortable. I’m at the stage where
comfort trumps fashion. And this is why I like teaching the Sunbeams
in Primary. Because I am on the floor half the time, I can justify
having to wear thee simple out-of-fashion (and season) shoes every
Sunday. So I hope I teach this class for a long time because I’d
hate to lose my excuse to wear my favorite OLD shoes.
2019: Linda:
In
8th grade
I was thrilled to have a pair of the shoes that all the other girls
were wearing because I started 7th grade
in Hush Puppies! I remember favorite white plastic sandals as a
little girl. I loved the era of wearing huaraches. For years I wore
clog-like shoes that Julie thought were awful. I have never cared too
much for shoes. I don’t have dozens of them like so many people do.
I have been wearing the same church shoes for years and years. At
this age it is all about comfort.
Kathi:
I was a senior in high school. Sometime in the spring I went to LA
with Mom and Dad who were going for a meeting. I, of course, stayed
with Ann Jeffs, my best friend since kindergarten. She still didn’t
drive, but I had recently learned how to drive a stick shift so we
got to take her mom’s VW Bug and tootle around LA! But that’s
another story(involving snooty parking valets in Beverly Hills, but
as I said – another story!) Of course we went shopping, and I saw
the most amazing pair of shoes. Pink suede with a cork (yes cork!)
sole. For some reason, I didn’t buy them. But after I got home, I
kicked myself! So I wrote Ann, sent her money, she bought them and
shipped them to me. LOVED those shoes! I wish I had a picture. I
wonder whatever happened to them…
I
had another favorite pair of pink shoes in the 80’s. Peek-a-boo toe
with a bow, sling back, cute heels. Made of a canvas-like fabric, but
a beautiful soft shade of pink. I wore them to John’s uncle’s
funeral and ruined them walking in the soft, wet dirt. I never could
get the stains out. I was so sad. Loved those shoes too!
2019: Without
question it was a pair of pink suede shoes with cork soles and heels
I got in 1972. I probably told the same story the last time I
answered this! I adored those shoes and I have no idea when I got rid
of them. I remember wearing those awful black and white saddle shoes
in kindergarten and I hated them with a passion. I managed to talk
Mom out of making me wear them ever again. Then they came back into
fashion years later – but I didn’t buy any. Too scarred.
Claire:
My favorite shoes were ones I had in grade school, maybe around 4th
or 5th
grade. They were black leather, with laces that criss-crossed across
the top of the foot, with pointed toes and tassels on the ends of the
laces. I loved those shoes and every year for 2 years at least, I
bought another pair when it came time for new shoes for a new school
year. I think one year I bought white ones, not black ones. I just
loved the style.
2019: In
5th and 6th grade I had a pair of shoes, (new ones each year) that
were black with a leather tassel at the end of the tie. I loved
these shoes and bought the same ones the next year ( think I chose a
different color) when we went school clothes shopping.
Annette:
I’m not really into shoes but I had a favorite pair of leather
sandals that I wore so much, the soles wore out and I started tipping
sideways! Had to throw them out and I’ve never had a favorite
since. I’m hoping I can find them again!
2019: Currently
love my Polka dot red wedges with an ankle strap and bow. So cute!
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