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how much would you spend on a pair of footprints(birkenstocks?)

27 replies

misdee · 21/09/2005 20:12

its getting chilly and i cant wear my madrids without my feet freezing. have found some footprints online, but they are 79.99 ouch!!

but my trainers are hurting my feet, as are my boots.

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LadyTophamHatt · 21/09/2005 20:13

link please....haven't seen these.

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misdee · 21/09/2005 20:14

here

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LadyTophamHatt · 21/09/2005 20:17

Wouldn't pay 80 quid for any of them TBH.

Frump city IMO.

sorry.

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misdee · 21/09/2005 20:19

ah but you dont know my style

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Blossomhill · 21/09/2005 20:19

Have to say sorry misdee but have to agree with LTH. Very old fashioned imo sorry xxx

bundle · 21/09/2005 20:19

think they look Very Comfy (high priority, in my book!)

LadyTophamHatt · 21/09/2005 20:21

You're not a frump though....

If I was forced to I choose "Santerem" but for that price you might as well buy a normal pair of trainers.

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misdee · 21/09/2005 20:22

i wuite like the chesterfield/darlington, as they are old skool style.

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misdee · 21/09/2005 20:23

i have lived in my birkenstocks over the summer and want something just as comfty. need to be with the amounbt of running about i do.

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bundle · 21/09/2005 20:23

i say Get Em

LadyTophamHatt · 21/09/2005 20:23

Go to Next and get a similar pair for £25.

bundle · 21/09/2005 20:23

not as comfy in next, imo

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misdee · 21/09/2005 20:24

my feet are very wide, shoes from next dont fit me without pinching.

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bundle · 21/09/2005 20:24

(have only taken my birkenstocks off today too)

Eaney · 21/09/2005 20:25

I have a bad back and flat feet so Birkenstock sandals are brilliant for me. I like the boots -LA Rochelle (bit pricey) they have. I have also bought one of their arch support thingy and put it into a more fashionable boot. Almost as good as the real thing. Might be worth a try.

LadyTophamHatt · 21/09/2005 20:25

I got some from Clarks the other day.

Sort of shoe/trainer things, very very comfy.

Eaney · 21/09/2005 20:26

It was the 'traditional footbed' I inserted in another shoe.

QueenOfQuotes · 21/09/2005 20:27

Misdee - we can be old fashioned together then - as those are the types of shoes I like to wear - but not at those prices LOL.

spidermama · 21/09/2005 20:28

Ooooh nice. I didn't know Birkenstocks did all those things. I love them because they're the only comfy shoes for me.

Have you looked on ebay?

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misdee · 21/09/2005 20:29

i have never paid that much for shoes, so am umm-ing and err-ing. but i have sold some stuff on ebay and on here errrr. oh i dunno.

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tamum · 21/09/2005 20:31

Get some of these and wear them with thick socks? (I've got flowery ones, oh yes).

QueenOfQuotes · 21/09/2005 20:31

oh go on - go for it. You deserve to splash out on yourself (I'd probably get the Santerem - but that's because I'm boring and like 'safe' black colours )

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misdee · 21/09/2005 20:33

Peter would tell me off tho.

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QueenOfQuotes · 21/09/2005 20:34

I bet he'd tell you the same thing - treat yourself

bundle · 21/09/2005 20:34

look dh bought a pair of boots yesterday for £175 and we can't afford it either! happy feet = happy woman