Score One For Me!!

 

As some of you know, I volunteer at the Walkin N Circles Ranch Horse Rescue Hug-A-Horse Thrift Store at least one day a week. The Thrift Store is the bread and butter fundraiser for the horse rescue and provides most of the money needed to feed and care for the 70+ horses that live there.

Sometimes while working, I’ll find some good deals and I tend to buy quite a lot of our clothing there, especially for the kidlets.

Now, I don’t know how other folks are about shoes, but I’m not obsessive about them at all. I don’t like shoe shopping and when I do buy a pair of shoes, I wear them for years and years, until I either need to glue the soles back on or throw them away. I’m totally into function over fashion.

Another thing about shoes that I’m pretty strict about is wearing other people’s shoes or buying second hand shoes. It kind of creeps me out. But because I wear a size 10 1/2 or 11 shoe, that’s not usually ever an option anyway.

But last week someone came in and donated a huge bag of very nice shoes, and they just happened to wear the exact shoe size as me. I tried them all on and they felt as if they were made for my huge, oddly shaped feet. The leather on these shoes was butter soft and besides a slight bit of wear, all of the shoes were in good condition. I just had to have them.  

I’ve never had a pair of water hikers. It’s not like I have many opportunities to hike in the water in New Mexico. But you never know….

And those black leather Aerosoles sandals are sooooo comfie!!! Feels like your feet are cradled in soft, padded hands. I could wear these all day and not have achy feet.

Those Ariat sandals on the left fit perfectly and are great for casual wear. I’ve been wanting a brown pair for a while.

The Ariat mules in the center are made with calf hide, fur on the outside and are so comfie and just plain cool!

And the Ariat mules on the far right are perfect for dressier occasions. I bet you can tell I’m crazy for mules. I don’t like wearing shoes with any back on the heels unless they are sneakers or boots for riding. Most backs tend to give me blisters. But mostly I just love to be able to slip my foot into a shoe and go.

A close-up.

 

lol! These soft buttery leather, 2” high heel mules on the left are very comfy, but make my already 6’ tall self into a giant. And my twinlings call these shoes my Leprechaun shoes, because of the buckle and color. I don’t care. I’m happy to be a 6’2” tall Leprechaun. lol!

The Skechers on the right are so comfy! They do have a back on the heel, but it’s very low and covered in soft fur. They will be perfect for fall and winter and replace my worn out suede and fur mules I’ve worn the past two winters.

I brought home all the shoes, cleaned ‘em up, sanitized them with Lysol Anti-bacterial wipes and set them all out to dry…and admire. I don’t think I’ve ever owned this many pairs of shoes all at one time. Not even when I worked in an office or for the airlines. With the way that I wear shoes (I still have the same pair of sneakers my hubby bought for me over 10 years ago), looks like I’m set up for a very long time…..maybe the rest of my life. lol!

And the total for all 7 pairs of shoes? Only $10.50!!!!

Spotty Dotty, the Speckled Sussex hen doesn’t seem to understand all the excitement over shoes. “Why not just go barefoot? Works for me.”

Me: “Well, yeah. That’s great. If you don’t mind getting chicken crap stuck between your toes.”