Why Do Winter Shoes/Boots Have To Be So UGLY?

[Placebo]

Blech. Winter makes for the crappiest of crappy footwear.

[Blue Diadem]

1. Thanks you just reminded me

to find them for tomorrow morning...stupid crappy weather. I got plain black ones...not too ugly but make my feet look huge.

[Placebo]

2. We're gonna get snow/freezing rain...

here in Chicago tonight and tomorrow. :(

[Blue Diadem]

4. yeah and I am one of those

people who are afraid to drive in that.. I live out in the country and roads aren't so great. So I'm already gettin all paranoid. Supposed to get ice and snow then some more ice...

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. And uncomfortable (nt)

[SheilaT]

5. Because

the fashionable ones are no good in bad weather?

[put out]

8. No, no, no! I love tripping around in pretty sandals,

when the temperature is dropping and it is raining and has been all day and will all night and into most of the next day and the rain is freezing and starting to stack up on the cars and the trees are bending way over and may break and we might lose power in which case it's going to get really cold in our home not to mention dark so we all better get our bellies full because food options may not include heat by tomorrow and you might want to shower pretty quickly because there are only so many things you can accomplish hygiene-wise by flashlight.

I think tonight, I will put on a flimsy dress and some sandals. And get a bit drunk.

SheilaT, I live in your hood. Isn't this exciting? sigh.

Kim

[SheilaT]

18. Where in my hood?

PM me.

[Maple]

6. You are knee deep in snow

and there is ice underneath that.

You want sexy...or warm and dry with good soles?

Priorities, man. Priorities.

[nine23]

7. So you can mean it when you say "Piss off. At least my feet are dry"

[Placebo]

9. HaHa.

Well I'd likely be the one with the wet feet.

[put out]

10. But you will look marvelous!

That is, while you hang on to all us Bigfoot frumps to help you walk so you can have pretty feet and not bust your butt on the ice. And then, you'll talk Raoul or Fabio into rubbing your poor, wet, cold tootsies while you rest them in his well-endowed lap.

I got your number. Good plan.;-)

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Mine are cute

The leather is red on my boots. And they are some damn nice lookin boots.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. More cute boots

[Placebo]

13. Well...

A young college man such as myself could not be caught dead in those. :D

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. Doesn't mean they aren't cute

:)

[put out]

15. Well, you collegiate, you. I laugh at myself.

I thought we were talking about high heeled sandals.

Dang, you have lots of options; you're a man. I'd go with the alligator boots. If someone scoffs, kick his ass.

[Flaxbee]

16. Go to Finland for cool winter shoes

;-)

I just got back, and my husband and I bought ugly, frumpy winter boots in North Carolina before we went there (duh)... and I almost bought some new ones in Helsinki to bring back here tho "winter" in my corner of NC has been too mild for boots. As you might expect, the Finns have looonggg gotten past standard black or brown shoes, and there are even nice looking boots for men that aren't "frilly" and aren't nearly as generic as the ones you see offered here in the US.

[lib_1138]

17. Stay with pumps -- thet are more practical nt

[barb162]

19. Hey Placebo, LOL. Back in my fashion days I got a truly beautiful

pair of leather boots. Very expensive too. I ruined them the first time I went into slush and the water seemed to rush right inside. They were totally useless but looked really good. Now I buy the ugly waterproof kind that work, that have traction, warmth, etc.

[sniffa]

20. it's a patriarchaL conspiracy

damn the man!!