Ain't nobody who can sing like me...

[deathpixie]

Guitar lesson tonight, for the first time in months: Johnny's been insanely busy and distracted and the rest of it. However, tonight we played for a good couple of hours - not quite to finger bleeding stage, thank you Bryan Adams - and he gave me a capo, which is one of those gizmos you use to change the key you're playing in. It's all very exciting. :)

And I'm not as out of practice as I thought I might be, given the last time I played was New Year's, and drunkenly at that.

Johnny was also telling me about his List. There are 502 songs he knows how to play, off the top of his head or with a minimum of prepping. Isn't he a clever clogs?

Oh, and today my shoes exploded. So I have to go shoe shopping. Bleah.

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[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

Exploded? Like on your feet? o.O

And boo, shoe shopping. I have to go buy a pair of sneakers to mall walk during lunch.

(Hee, I can't wait to hear you play next time I visit.)

[ferox.livejournal.com]

You followed 'shoe shopping' with 'bleah'.

I... I am at a loss.

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

Um, I started mine with boo...*runs from you*

[ferox.livejournal.com]

You two. Honestly.

Would you come live a little closer so that I may show you the love that is shoes?

[deathpixie]

I really dislike shoe shopping. My feet are fairly wide across the toe, so finding women's shoes that fit and are comfortable and look good. Most women's shoes are pointy. :P I tend to get discouraged and bored really quickly.

[ferox.livejournal.com]

Have you tried wide shoes with a heel pad?

Also, almond/round toes are coming back in style! Hurrah!

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't quite get the pointy. It's like they're trying to make women's shoes stabbity death weapons.

[amythyst7.livejournal.com]

And really who needs that? Except Medusa and Mark...

[amythyst7.livejournal.com]

Too bad this isn't something that could wait until March...I win at shoe shopping.

[aliciam.livejournal.com]

Have you tried Payless? Not the most upscale shoes in the world, but they're generally fairly good quality, and what wins me over with them is their extensive collection of wider shoes - I have the same problem as you, and that's about the only place short of the super-expensive stores where I've ever found lots of options in wider sizes.

[nute.livejournal.com]

Payless is where I usually go for casual/running shoes - they're about the only place with affordable (less than $100) shoes that'll fit my feet.

[ferox.livejournal.com]

I also vote YES on the Payless shoes, actually.

And if not there, though they are more expensive, I also vote Naturalizer; we have an outlet for them here. They carry brands such as Nine West (which is my favourite work shoe; attractive but comfy) and often come in wide sizes. Really well built shoes.

[ferox.livejournal.com]

doot (http://www.naturalizer.com/canada/retailers.asp?Province=ON&City=TORONTO&StoreType=).

(Considering I know where the Payless store(s) in your city are, I'm hoping you do too? Maybe? Their website is down atm, butyes.)

[deathpixie]

There's one maybe a block west of the apartment, so yes, I know where the Payless store is. My last two pairs came from there, and shopping for them was just as 'gnragh!' as always. Shoes are what I have to wear to keep my feet warm and dry, and sometimes they don't hurt. Sometimes they even look good and last more than five minutes. That's my relationship with shoes. *flees*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

I love shoe envying. I can do that for hours. Shoe shopping, not so much, since it means I have to give other people my money and I don't like doing that. If I had oodles of money, I'd love shoe-purchasing, too. They just don't undersand.

[ferox.livejournal.com]

I sort of combination shop; mostly shoe envying, but with a good memory, so that when I go shoe SHOPPING I know where to hit first.

Like, right now I need a new pair of black sex-me-up heels and pair of gold heels. And I know that Steve Madden has some great black ones, but I'll have to snoop around for gold ones.

...I really enjoy shoes. I think you and I may be friends, yes. *nods wisely*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

*nods* I mostly envy since I have very, very expensive taste. I can go into a shop and zero in on the one pair of shoes that costs over $500 and then have to try and find something that's as fantastic in my price range.


What sort of gold heels do you have in mind?

...I really enjoy shoes. I think you and I may be friends, yes. *nods wisely*

*grins* Shoes are good!

[technophobia.livejournal.com]

Capos are the win. :) I briefly tried to learn how to play the guitar, and the capo was the funnest part.

[frito-kal.livejournal.com]

... Please stop saying these things. It's very distracting to me.

[deathpixie]

It is! So much fun! *hees* I can change the key and make things sound different and fit my voice better! *muppetflails!!*

[resplendissante.livejournal.com]

Your shoes... exploded? That sounds uncomfortable.

Seriously, though - wide feet and shoes are a problem. I've got shoes in sizes ranging from 9-11, just because my stupid feet are not normally shaped. (They aren't, like, Quasimodo feet or anything. Just wide. Otherwise, they are quite normal looking.) My trick is hunting for brands that have a wide size as well as a normal one.

The guitar stuff sounds awesome - it's something I completely respect people for doing, because I am crap at music that doesn't involve sticks (I'm a percussionist... or I was, in high school).

[http://users.livejournal.com/_bounce_/]

I know what you mean about the wide feet though - I've got them and I have to wear orthotics, so my size 6 feet end up in size 9 giant shoes of doom.