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I love new shoe smell. I had the unfortunate task of buying a pair of dress shoes. So I went out this weekend to look for a pair. Let me tell you, it's hard to find dress shoes for someone my size. No, I don't mean I have ridiculously huge feet. It's the opposite. I wear a size 7-7.5 in mens. It's the awkward size that's right in between boys and mens.

Most to all of the dress shoes I found that I could even stand to be seen in started around size 9 or 10. I did end up finding a pair that looked nice and were in my size. I tried them on and thought, "hmm, comfortable." But that was only while standing there. Then I moved and I thought to myself, "my goodness, what are they trying to do to my feet!?"

I don't know, but apparently dress shoes are supposed to hurt. Or so I'm led to believe. That's probably why I haven't owned a pair in over 14 years. I strictly wear Vans skate shoes. If I have to dress up I'll wear a pair of plain black Vans. For my 8th grade graduation I was supposed to buy a suit. I did, and for the shoes a classic pair of Converse Chuck Taylor's. That's also the last time I wore a suit. Maybe the only time I've worn a suit.

I've thought about buying one, but wanting to be in the tech industry I've learned that you don't need to dress up. Or I should say wear a suit. On the few interviews I've been on already I was told to not wear a suit unless that's what I was used to wearing and wanted to wear. They would tell me there was no need to go out and buy a suit if I didn't already own one.

Maybe that's why I haven't gotten passed the interview process. Though I think it's because I lack the experience and skills. Hey, it could be both. So maybe what I should do is go out and buy a suit and stop looking for jobs as a programmer. I have considered buying a suit, but I fear much like the dress shoes I bought I'll only get to wear them once. And for those of you that are thinking I don't dress up, I do dress nicely. Somewhere around business casual to semi-formal. I own nice pairs of khaki pants in tan and black, along with dress shirts and ties.

I actually don't mind dressing up, so long as it's on my own terms. It's that whole thing of not wanting to be told what to do. Maybe I'm a bit extreme in that sense. Ok, that sounds bad. I'm trying to find a better way to put that. It's more like I don't like being put down when I've tried and then have someone tell me to do it better without telling me what change it is I need to make.

But for me, shoes and socks are important. Being ADHD and fidgety enough as is if my feet aren't happy, then I'm not happy. I wear low cut socks and comfortable shoes. I do what I can in the looks department, but it also has to feel right.
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  • First socks. I wear Gold Toe Cotton Fluffies, almost exclusively. Pulling on a brand new pair of them is a huge pleasure. They are the most comfortable socks ever. And they have one great feature - the gold toe. Why? Well, start with the notion that cotton socks will eventually fade. This is not a problem with the lighter colors, but for navy and black you want a pretty fair match. This can be fairly tricky, and I obsess enough to want to get them just right. So, the first time that I wear a new pa
    • I haven't gotten to the stage of marking my socks, but I'm almost there. There's a difference between wearing a sock that's been worn on both feet and a sock that has only been worn on the one foot. None of that big toe stretching out where the little toe should be.

      Much like your Ecco shoes, Vans don't wear out easily. I think the pairs I've had average about 6-7 years. And that's usually with making one pair my primary "nice" shoes and the other a pair to bum around in and get muddy.

      And I can somewh
  • My choices are all heels or straps or crazy shoes where I also ask, "what are you trying to do to my feet?" I also am missing one arch. Just the longitudinal one on my right foot, but if a pair of shoes includes extra support there, like converse, it hurts! The only shoes I have found that I can wear and that even sort of look professional (being that there are black leather) are doc martens.

    I would recommend them to anyone.

    • Sorry about your right foot. My feet wish your feet the best of luck. Isn't that some sort of medical condition? Like flat foot or something? I knew someone in school that had that and had trouble with one of the activities during gym class. I don't remember all the details, but I guess you learn to live with what you're given.

      As for the doc martens looking at them I think they can swing both ways, they can go for pleasure or show. But most of the time I think high school and college kids wearing cargo p
      • I think you are right, I have a flat foot. It only bothers me if I wear shoes that try to force it to arch, and then my foot gets these incredibly painful cramps. It limits my shoe selection, especially in athletic shoes, but as far as my health problems go, I wouldn't consider it a problem.

        I know my first pair of docs were a pair of the classic black leather combat boots, which were incredibly comfortable, but made a definite fashion statement. I also had a nice pair of purple ones in high school. More r

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    • You know what? I was actually expecting some advice from you or some grand words of wisdom. I was thinking you would say something like, "Yeah, dress shoes can hurt but you just need to break them in."

      I however, do have some advice for you. You don't need a reason to dress up or wear a suit. On random days for no reason at all I would dress up and put on a shirt and tie, maybe some suspenders. Just for the heck of it. Though it can get annoying when people ask you why you're dressed up. The solution of t
  • That's funny, I was just thinking about writing about shoes, and what they say about your personality. I've been thinking about shoes because I now have 11 pairs of 10" or 8" boots, and just Saturday I finally got something to store them in. They were taking up too much living room floor space, so I went looking for "shoe racks" but all "shoe racks" that you'll find are just these smallish things with little compartments, or maybe something with a couple of bars for hanging high heels on.

    So after much lit
    • Sorry, wrong Bates shoe. These are the ones I have: Bates M-9 9" Desert Assault Boots 2450 [lapolicegear.com], except in black. You can see the detail beter in the Desert tan pic.
    • I never bought much into the whole "ask yourself why you would want to work someplace" until now. I'm realizing that my identity and feelings are important enough to take into consideration. Also it is important that you be accepted as you are. I treat people that way, so I expect the same.

      And I think boots do fit into the formal dress shoe category. Maybe some don't, but I have a pair of jumper boots [militaryclothing.com] that I've worn when I needed to dress up. Those are the times that I must have pull up socks. But it doe

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