I need everyday shoes for spring - can I have some suggestions please?

[alarkaspree]

In winter I wear mostly boots, in summer I wear mostly sandals or birkenstocks. But the in-between periods are a bit of a style disaster for me.

I typically walk 4-5 miles a day on journeys to and from school, sometimes running after bikes and scooters, so I need shoes I can walk and run in. I have chunky legs so I usually wear trousers, sometimes knee-length a-line skirts. I am the fattest non-pregnant mum in dd's class (not actually fat, size 12, but they are all very skinny and glamourous) and I need to look stylish and not frumpy.

Can you help me, please?

camper shoes?

www.camper.com/web/en/home.asp

I linked to these on another thread, tried them on and they are pretty and comfy (didnt have right colour in my size or I'd have bought them).
www.jonesbootmaker.com/ebusiness1/store/product_details.jsp?pid=37547&cid=347&brc=&red=product_list. jsp?id=347,mid=-1,
These are also quite nice and look like they woudl be comfortable to walk in
www.jonesbootmaker.com/ebusiness1/store/product_details.jsp?pid=37649&cid=392&brc=&red=product_list. jsp?id=392,mid=-1,oby=,hos=0,srs=-1,txtSearch=,cmbPriceStart=-1,cmbPriceEnd=-1,page=0,brc=,
Have you looked at Clarks?

Converse look very stylish with trousers - everything from jeans to smart wide legs.

Would you consider ballet flats?

Thank you for these. Oranges, I love Camper shoes but they are a bit pricier than I'm hoping for. I will go and have a look though, the canvas ones on the website look possible.

I'm not sure about ballet flats. I feel like they're wrong for my shape of legs - I think I need something a bit chunkier to balance out my wide calves. Am I wrong? I might well be.

Pannacotta thank you for those links. I meant to mention that I'm in the US though, so Jones and Clarks are difficult. Those Jones ones are nice, but I instinctively avoid black shoes. That's probably my problem. I would buy them in yellow, and then never have anything to wear them with. In fact I think I have in the past done exactly that.

Converse are a good idea. Should I get black ones?

rockports? beige
or navy pumps

rockports? beige
or navy pumps

ooh alarkspree so you can use zappos? i am very envious.

cute

clarks are the poor woman's camper.

How about M&S footglove shoes? They're not the prettiest but they last for EVER, are really comfy and very easy to walk in. I have three different pairs that I alternate for work.

Oh. Just spotted you live in New York. . Not sure if you can get M&S in that case.

Oh. Okay, so Clarks perfectly simple . Thanks fishie, I love those ones you linked to.

Also like the rockport ones.

Bettymum, I believe I can get M&S stuff here now, those shoes are a bit wintry for the New York spring but thank you for the suggestion.