Shoes...just for fun

[asamgp]

I assure you all this is not a thread about what shoes to where to the parks. I know that, Teva's are my shoe of choice....

Today, as I sat in the waiting room at the doctors office (DS has strep) I thumbed through a Town and Country Magazine. Very high end mag. I saw a really cute pair of orange strappy sandles that caught my eye. I thought I could use those, when I don't know, but I may need them sometime...until I read the price tag of $465. yes four-hundred and sixty five dollar sandals. (Manalo Blahnik) ( isn't that what Kerry wears on Sex in the City?)

Question....how much is too much for a pair of shoes. What is the most you would pay??? I am pretty sure $465 is above my budget....

 

[Serena]

LOL!!! $465? That just a little out of my budget too.

 

[minnie56]

But I guess the most I have paid is approx $225....I hate to pay that much though because I am pretty hard on my shoes. Besides, I get faves and live and die in them it seems! I've seen those MB shoes and frankly...my feet aren't shaped like those!

 

[Saffron]

For a pair of sandals? They'd have to be very special and unique for me to spend over $45.00 I would pay $100.00 for a pair of boots, or really, really cool, unique shoes, but not sandals. There are way to many cute sandals out there for low prices. Names, whether on shoes or clothes, mean nothing to me. I can't tell one brand or name from another.

Edited to add this:
If someone wants to spend that kind of money on sandals, I say go for it! Life is too short not to enjoy it!

 

[cinlee3]

The most I have spent on myself for shoes is about $80. I have spent more than that on DS's soccer cleats though - would you believe $150.00 for those.

$465 for sandals - yea everybody needs a pair of those, hey a pair in every color.

 

[helenabear]

Most I've ever paid for shoes was $100 for a good pair of hiking boots. Otherwise I hate paying much over $40 for normal shoes. I will admit to paying $70 for Tevas (they last FOREVER though) and $75 for good running shoes. I only buy those every once in a while though.

 

[JohnTBap]

For the first time in my life I paid over $100 for a pair of shoes when I bought Birkenstocks. They are worth every penny.

 

[Fire14]

not more than 150.00 and that is on high end for me. i usually spend about 60.00 on my shoes for work.

 

[Zurg]

I assure you all this is not a thread about what shoes to where to the parks.

LOL - You say that like it is a bad thing.

 

[Kermit]

I don't think I'd ever spend over $100 on shoes, and I usually spend much less. I love shoes, and I buy good brands, but I'm the queen of finding things on sale. I'm really excited now that I had a baby and my feet grew. I used to wear a 5-1/2, and that size was frequently gone by the time the shoes went on sale. I think that I can manage a 6 or 6-1/2 now, so I should be able to find more shoes.

 

[Boots]

My feet are wide and I have thick ankles, so I have very hard to fit feet. I get most of my shoes from the Easy Spirit shoe store. I guess the most I have paid for shoes is a little over $100.

 

[mtemm]

I've paid over $100 each for 2 pair of winter boots...good sorel ones. They are outstanding boots...1 pair is over 12 years old and going strong, the other is 5 years old and look brand new. And nice and toasty warm!

I would be surprised if I would ever pay more than that on any pair of shoes. I guess if I had it to blow I wouldn't think about it twice though.

 

[snoopy]

I paid $500 for a pair of boots once. DH went insane, I mean absolutely freaked out over it! I considered taking them back, but he told me to keep them but just to never do that again.

I love shoes, they are my weakness in life. Hey I don't drink or do drugs or eat too much, I have to have some vices, right? I normally pay around $75 for my shoes, sometimes a little more or less.

 

[Kallison]

That is a big celebrity brand. I guess it is all relative to how much money you make. I always wonder if I was filthy, rotten, not have to worry about money rich if I would still be frugal? I don't usually pay more than $40 for a pair of shoes. I'm a big sale shopper, got $78 loafers for $4.50. I'll shop Payless if I see something cute that is a knockoff. I love those Land's End slip on shoes, I have leather ones I wear to work all the time. I have to run up and down four flights of stairs all day, I need comfort not fashion - lol! I'm not a shoe person, if it looks halfway decent I'll buy it.

 

[asamgp]

I have to add the $465 shoes were in the ad with a $1650 white bcotton blouse. So I guess it is all relative.

I paid $80 for my Tevas for last summers's WDW trip. Well worth it.