Comfy shoes for school run - ideas please

[lorisparkle]

Our school run is about 20 minutes each way with 2 on scooters and 1 in the pushchair. I'll be doing this 3 times a day (or should that be 6!) when DS2 starts playgroup.

I need some shoes to wear in the spring/summer that look good with skirts and dresses but that are really really comfortable!

I have trainer type shoes for when I wear cut off trousers but only uncomfortable sandals.

Budget is tight too so any suggestions will be gratefully received.

my GOD there are some HORRORS on here

Well find a shoe that looks ok and fits well for walking in that actually looks fashionable! It doesn't actually exist, a bit like the school run dress and the essential winter stylish mac.

Yes there are some horrors out there but its the best of a bad bunch. Looking glam and walking for miles don't marry up. Short walking distances or going in cars you can look fab.

i think id wear trousers if i had to walk three miles every day
or wear trainers then change
not wear htese horrednous granny shoes

the next "Heavleny " range has these bit blingy but hey

www.next.co.uk/shopping/women/shoesandboots/46/

mate at work wears the patent wedges with masculine style taoilred trews and sweater with big necklace
she looks great

www.next.co.uk/shopping/women/shoesandboots/49/

Have you ever tried to change shoes in the pissing rain?

Those next things are just as bad as some of the ones on here, my mother would think they are fab and she is 78. The right type of shoe does not exist.

even chuffing footglove make these marginally accfeptable ones
www.marksandspencer.com/Contemporary-Footglove-Leather-Slingback-Sandals/dp/B004AB4DOE?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_18&nodeId=547477031&sr=1-18&qid=1301407826

I do like the wedge heels but they are not suitable for a 2 mile hike.

Oh Jeezus. My mother does actually have those footglove things.

www.douglasread.co.uk/mens-womens-shoes-store/wolky_jewel_womens_sandal_sky_blue_3204.html

our local shoon stocks these freaky wolky ones
fugly is the word i think
but kind of interesting

www.shoon.com/womens-shoes/sandals-dress-sandals/camper-damas-wedge-tan.htm

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www.shoon.com/womens-shoes/sandals-dress-sandals/chie-mihara-junou-flat-t-bar-sand.htm

Shoon is one weird shop. They have a few nice styles and the rest are just urgghh.

www.shoon.com/womens-shoes/sandals-dress-sandals/chie-mihara-junou-flat-t-bar-sand.htm

www.johnlewis.com/205067/Style.aspx

think this is my best offering so far

www.johnlewis.com/187605/Style.aspx

£195 for a shoe for the school run - nah.

Actually although I have gone off them a lot, probably Flys are the most practical.

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I just bought these - www.clarks.co.uk/find/product-is-20343439 . They feel comfy and I think they are kind of funky (for Clarks!)

I got a pair of these last year; super comfy and I think they're pretty merell sandals

Oooooohhhhhhh snowgal, loving those!

If you're after sandals and comfort, these are very comfy and nicer on than in the pic.

I bought them after wearing a pair of Birks down to the cork doing a similar school run last year. A podiatrist/chiropodist told me the key to walking in sandals is a back strap, otherwise you're trying to keep them on by scrunching your toes or similar, and that way lies ingrown toenails and other foot woes.