ugh sensible footwear

I bought a pair of Birkenstocks last week. I am disgusted with myself. But i had to buy them because all my awesome pre-baby strappy summer footwear is not compatible with pushing a pram uphill or walking long distances with a pram or walking quickly with a pram so basically the pram has screwed up my whole style sensibility.

i know some people like Birkenstocks (eg my sister) and i agree they are comfortable and last a long time but man they are a ugly piece of footwear that does your leg no favours. The last time i had Birkenstocks i was 19 and it was the late nineties and I thought they made me look alternative and grungy, in reality they just make you look like a lesbian.

So i tried to make them sexier buy buying a patent black pair but really everyone knows they are Birkenstocks and no amount of glitz is going to take away from the fact that they are an ugly piece of footwear.

Anyway they arrived and they were the wrong size because in my Birkenstock free years they have totally changed the sizing structure and now make two widths regular and wide and can i just say that if your foot was too wide for a Birkenstock you must be a hobbit because Birkenstocks are really wide. That's part of what makes them so un-sexy you just can not be delicate in a Birkenstock you have to clump around like a troll and they make your calves look huge, i don't know how but they do.

And i have just remembered another drawback to Birkenstocks they have a weird odour, not an unpleasant one just a bit weird. A bit like hay.

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