How many pairs of shoes do you own that cost over $500?

[Skwmom]

Just curious?

[Cleita]

1. If I did, they wouldn't be worn but placed on an

altar to be worshipped and adored.

[americanstranger]

22. Made me think of this video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCF3ywukQYA

- as

[Cleita]

35. That's hilarious! Thanks for posting! LOL n/t

[americanstranger]

43. That guy ended up in the new Weezer video from that.

Along with the Mentos guys, the Leave Britney Alone kid and a bunch of other YouTube 'stars.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI

Pretty funny.

- as

[BklynChick]

2. none, but living in NYC I know many people who do who are not elitist or millionaires, they just

like fine shoes an awful lot. IMO, not something to use against McGrumpy.

[TomInTib]

8. Agreed. I am one of those people.

I like really fine footwear.

If I disclosed how many pairs of shoes and boots I own that cost in excess of $500 (or $1,000), I would probably be banned from DU.

[TomInTib]

9. oops....

[Skwmom]

29. Are you running around accusing someone from a humble background of being an elitist?

[TomInTib]

55. Oh, not I.

But I have read some pretty awful things here about the Old Man and His Shoes.

You know I would never accuse you of being elitist.

Tom

[Skwmom]

75. Then what you elect to spend your money on is no concern of mine.

[Skwmom]

20. I disagree. McCain is the one who tried to falsely accuse Obama of being an elitist.

[last_texas_dem]

31. Yes, but the vast majority of Americans wouldn't even consider spending that amount

on a pair of shoes and would have trouble relating to the idea that someone does. I think making an issue of this would help much more than it would hurt in terms of combatting the McCain camp's charges that Obama is an elitist and that somehow McCain isn't. Although I'm sure the media would defend McCain's $500 shoes on account of him being a POW...

[BklynChick]

40. I think the other stuff is fair game but the shoes argument seems petty

:shrug:

[last_texas_dem]

41. Petty, perhaps...

...but so was the Repugs' making an issue of Gore's "earth tones" and Kerry's wind-surfing. Sometimes petty seems to work. The American electorate are apparently some of the pettiest bastards out there. haha

[Skwmom]

78. Petty? As McSame would say, where is your sense of humor?

[JeanGrey]

49. Not so fast. I know a LOT of women who'd pay that for shoes

if they had it.

[last_texas_dem]

54. Still, I doubt a majority of women would

and I'd expect that a miniscule percentage of men would, which is why I think making it an issue would help more than it would hurt. If arugula and wind-surfing were fair game, expensive shoes and not knowing how many houses you own should also be, IMHO.

[JeanGrey]

56. Oh I sure bet they would. Look at "Sex and the City"

[tkmorris]

63. You think Sex and the City is representative of all women?

LOL. Just............. LOL.

[JeanGrey]

80. I didn't say "all" women but a great deal. And it's all about

fashion and to a great sense, expensive wonderful shoes.

[JeanGrey]

48. I just can't believe how we're picking on what sleeping pill

he takes, or what shoes he wears. I thought this went out with $500 haircuts? We'd better come up with better than this nonsense.

[blondeatlast]

82. Sweetie, you can't believe we are "picking" on him at all. What CAN we attack him on, Missy Manners?

[atreides1]

3. No

The most expensive pair I have cost me $175.

[DJ13]

4. My whole wardrobe doesnt cost half that much!

Salvation Army sure stretches the budget when you're on a fixed income.

[jakem]

5. I am not sure my feet are worth that much...

:(

[scheming daemons]

6. All my shoes COMBINED don't cost over $500....

[DevonRex]

13. ^5. Mine either. nt

[chiefofclarinet]

44. Ditto

Even with three pairs of dress shoes, two pairs of sneakers, and 2 pairs of sandals, my shoes probably don't add up to $500. And I have some nice shoes, too. Granted, I'm a guy, so I don't need that many shoes, but we won't go there...

[bullwinkle428]

65. YEP - and that includes 2 pairs of Doc Martens, Rockport sandals,

golf shoes from Ecco, Merrell hiking boots, New Balance sneakers, some nice dress shoes (can't recall the brand)...I know how to find bargains!

[DefenseLawyer]

7. That would be none.

In fact, the idea of spending $500 on shoes makes me nuts. Call me cheap, but I was poor for too much of my life to ever think $500 was a reasonable cost for shoes.

[Mass]

10. I never buy shoes that cost more than 30 a pair.

[DevonRex]

11. All my shoes added together didn't cost $500. nt

[TomInTib]

12. I'll never tell.

I happen to appreciate really fine shoes and boots.

Does that make me a Bad Person?

I collect shirts, too.

[AspenRose]

27. You're still good people.

Just because you have money doesn't make you an elitist hypocritical SOB like McCone-O-Silence.

There is nothing wrong with having money.

[goodgd_yall]

57. I don't scrimp on my shoes

but I've always been able to find one's up to my standard under $100. I even found a fine pair of Italian boots at Goodwill for $20.00!

[TomInTib]

73. I found a never-worn pair of Ferragamo's for $50

At a charity store in San Francisco.

Size 10 1/2B, just perfect.

[flamingdem]

14. Let's call him John McImeldaMarcos! She was a president with a shoe fetish btw nt

[Skwmom]

24. A great animation could be done of this!

[RedShoes]

61. McMarcos!!! Which house will he be in? nt

[flamingdem]

67. The one with the big fancy walk-in shoe closet! nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. mine are about $14 and $19.99 from Target

[americanstranger]

16. I have a pair of dress boots that cost me $175.

And I thought those were exhorbitant.

Hell, I own 25 guitars, and some of those aren't worth more than $500!

- as

[JimGinPA]

17. Including My Ruby Slippers?

:rofl:

0

[ieoeja]

18. Two

Got custom-made Bald Mountain Mocassins for $1000. Decided I didn't like the style, so got a second pair for $900. They discounted the 2nd pair a hundred bucks (whoopee).

[jakem]

26. Holy Fuck!

Those better be some insane mocs...

[ieoeja]

45. They are REALLY comfortable.

I was rolling in the dough at the time. So sue me.

[jakem]

46. I dont begrudge you your golden mocs.. wish i could afford some myself!

:hi:

[Skwmom]

30. Are you running around accusing someone from a humble background of being an elitist?

[ieoeja]

50. Raised on a farm in southern Indiana.

We got electricity the year before I was born, and indoor plumbing while I was still a babe. My dad worked two jobs while my mom mended clothes for folks to support the family (I have an older sister and brother).

Elementary school had three classrooms and teachers. So one teacher would spend an hour teaching 1st grade then switch over to the 2nd grade for an hour.

One summer in my teens during a drought the water line to the spring broke open right under the hog house. So I had to dig a ditch to lay a new line around the hog house (it just occurs to me for the very first time after three decades that we could have temporarily patched into it running the line ABOVE ground for a few days so I didn't have to rush; d'oh!). That first day I used pick and shovel to get maybe a fifth of the way. Ate lunch with my gloves on because my hands hurt so much. Went home when it got too dark to work. Pulled my gloves off over the kitchen sink because they were full of blood by that point. Then got up the next morning and started all over again.

So, yeah, I do come from a humble background. But I excelled in the public school, my parents paid my way through a state college, I got my first job with a gov't agency, and ultimately went on to make a lot of money in private enterprise.

[uponit7771]

19. All my shoes my whole entire life might add up to 378$

[Blackhatjack]

21. Better Q: How many condos do you own other than the place you presently live?

Rich Repubs just assume most people would own two or more homes (if they would just get off their lazy behinds and work for that minimum wage!)

[bulloney]

23. Let's ask McCain how much is "expensive" when it comes to shoes. $5 million?

[Erin Elizabeth]

25. I doubt the value of all my shoes combined is $500.

This reminds me of the story of that guy from Africa who asked a visiting missionary why in the world he had more than one pair of shoes. The missionary didn't understand why the African was confused over the fact that he had more than one pair of shoes. The African man said "but you only have two feet."

[Spider Jerusalem]

28. I've never spent more than $250 on a pair of shoes

The ones I wear most often were about $135 or so. $500 seems a bit excessive.

[MercutioATC]

32. None, but I do have a pair that was over $200.

Good shoes are important.

[AlCzervik]

33. none so far but i love shoes and bags. Jeans are also a problem but the ones i do have

that were expensive were made in America.

[beyurslf]

34. How many of my pairs of shoes total $500 together?

I think I would need to add all of my shoes together to get that total.

[Barack_America]

36. Even if I had the money, I wouldn't spend that much.

And I LOVE shoes, believe you me. But no pair of shoes is worth $500.

[underpants]

37. I have 6 pairs of running shoes in my rotation and they-combined-cost less than $400

2 adidas ($50 each)
and 4 Asics ranging from $50 (a steal on a $120 pair) to the mid$70's

[AlCzervik]

38. that is a good deal on Asics, i have 2 pairs for running and i think i paid about

$120 for one and $140 for the other. Great shoes though.

[underpants]

42. Got them at my second marathon

the hardest thing I have ever done (completely under prepared for it) and it turns out I had a broken right leg when I ran it



http://journals.democraticunderground.com/underpants/126

[tomg]

39. The only shoes I would pay $500 for

would be Captain Beefhearts:

the t of his t-strap stands for tippie-toes
his tippie-toes fit him to a t
oh c.b. do a tap-dance for me
with your big fat tippie-toe theresa shoes

[JeanGrey]

47. Are you joking? I have a car that didn't cost that.

[Avalux]

51. Even if I had the cash, I wouldn't pay that much for shoes.

So the answer is none. Ever.

[underseasurveyor]

52. I don't own any but my friend lets me borrow hers

My favorite pair of hers are the sexiest black n white Chanel pumps you've ever seen and they're so comfortable I can dance all night in them and never get sore or blistered feet. I think she said they cost her just under $600 at Harrod's in London. Then she has 4 or 5 pairs of shoes, mostly from Italy that range from $300 to $500, and some others she bought in Europe but I don't remember where. She's been all over.

Boy am I glad we wear the same size shoe:-)

[Arugula Latte]

53. Hah! A better question is how many of mine cost more than $25.

Payless, Target, and "free" shoes from clothing exchanges with friends are the way I get shoes.

[truebrit71]

58. Um...the four pairs of worn out shoes that I currently own didn't cost $500 in total...

....in actuality they probably cost me a grand total of $250 max...

[rucky]

59. I don't even have any over 50-bucks.

When they invent a shoe that prevents hair loss, I may consider shelling out 500 for 'em.

[zulchzulu]

60. I actually have a pair of Ferragamo shoes I never wear

They were a gift and don't fit that well. They're jammed in a corner somewhere. Want them? Size 12/brown...

[truthisfreedom]

62. I don't have anywhere to go that requires that "level" of shoe. I do have to say,

McCone looked pretty tall next to Obama when they were standing with Liar Rick, apparently taller than his 5'6", so maybe his shoes have $400 worth of lifts in them?

[Uben]

64. You can't buy good shoes for less than $500 pr....

....unless you are on earth. They are pretty cheap there, thouogh.

[kimmerspixelated]

66. All my shoes added up together don't

compute to 5 bills. I rarely spend over 30.00 a pair. If so, they'd better last me several years! Oh, but how I lust after Italian shoes that come enticing me via mail-order catalogs!

[flamingdem]

68. The not knowing how many houses gaffe gets more mileage than the shoes

because plenty of upper middles and politicians indulge in pricey shoes! Even though I like the Imelda Marcos comparison..

[Chloroplast]

69. I own several pairs of shoes over $500.

I'm sorry but I enjoy nice things and understand McCain enjoying Ferragamos. What I don't understand is why they look so ratty and unkempt. He has butlers but one can't shine his shoes? :shrug:

[Raine]

70. A couple pair

of boots that I got off of ebay for less than $20 a piece, do they count.

[Naturyl]

71. I don't own any that cost over $25.00

And since I have only 1 pair that is 2 years old and falling apart, that would be a $25.00 shoe bill.

[Zynx]

72. I have two pairs, inlcuding my dress shoes. $120 total.

[Xithras]

74. My wife has one pair that cost her $1400

2.5" high heels, custom made for her foot, leg, and arch. She can wear them all day without them getting uncomfortable, but she's only worn them once. On our wedding day. The cost of the shoes was a pittance compared to what she spent on that dress though...I'm just glad her DAD was paying for it all!

My wife is a shoe collector, and easily has 30-40 pairs in her closet. She buys them on sale or at BOGO's though, and rarely spends more than $20 a pair. The $1400 shoes were a one time thing for our medieval themed wedding, where she played the part of the princess in every way that mattered :)

[Better Believe It]

76. I Have Just One Pair Of Shoes From "Rent to Own"

40 more monthly payments and they'll be mine.

:(

[frogmarch]

77. There are shoes that cost $500+?

Really? Anyone got a picture they can post of such shoes?

[bigwillq]

79. None

I would never pay $500 for a pair of shoes. Just not me. I am not a fashion bug.

[Geek_Girl]

81. My most expensive pair is $80

But I just bought a pair of Born Shoes at a retail Department store on sale for $13.00
I guess that's the plus of a weak economy lots of good sales on shoes.

[npincus]

83. i don't have any.

i admit, i have a weakness for designer stuff... but i can't afford most of it!