Win Win
May 23rd, 2006After I moved in with Heather she had to come to terms with a lot of my stuff. While she loved the fonts, she wasn’t so sure about the clogs, prompting this blurb. I had a pair of Simple clogs that I got in 1996, which stood me in good stead and are still in the arsenal. I mostly wear them to take the dog out on wet mornings, as a driving shoe for snowboarding trips or for a quick trash take out. They are getting worn, and I should have gotten one size larger. I’ve been looking at a new pair for a couple of years, but I couldn’t see the Simple ones many places and when I did, I wasn’t in the buying mood. Heather would always cast a look that said, “If you even think about buying those, you will be sleeping on the couch for the foreseeable future. With zero hope of any kind of procedures.”
This from a woman who regularly wears shoes with an endorsement from the Marquis de Sade.
On a recent business trip to San Francisco, I journeyed with Heather to Shoe Pavillion in the hopes of becoming America’s Next Top Male Model wearing a new pair of clogs. I looked at the low end Birkenstocks, the normal Birkenstocks and a couple of designer pairs. They didn’t feel right and weren’t priced right. The elusive perfect pair of clogs had escaped me yet again. In our other thirty minutes of shopping, I was unable to find anything remotely approaching a clog.
I had put off looking at Crocs because of previous comments Heather had made during the summer of 2001 about a co-worker who had the O.G. green Crocs and she had strong feelings in the anti-garden shoe area. But it began to look like Crocs or a Croc-like substitute would be the only way I’d find a suitable replacement.
On a recent puzzle purchase trip with Leta (she’s starting to dig on the puzzles), I hit a store that carried a wide array of Crocs. I was happy that I didn’t have to buy orange or yellow or bright green or pastel blue and could settle on a pair of size 13 black Crocs:
I’ve worn these publicly, with Heather, without shame. It’s a special fun big day. o
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:02 pm
A small step for mankind, but a giant leap for Jon - congrats
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:04 pm
I’m wearing the very same shoes. At work. This very minute.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:07 pm
…and, yet, surprisingly, no photos of Heather’s sadist footwear. I’m sure many of the women in the audience are intrigued by your SIZE THIRTEEN feet, however. Thanks from the male contingent. Thanks a lot.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:12 pm
YOU, my friend, need winter clogs. and i will stand by my recommendation of the Stegmann boiled wool clog until the day they rot off my feet.
THIS coming from a fashionista who has 65 pair of shoes in her arsenal.
even clogs have their place in the world of shoes. utilitarian, yes. but still somewhat attractive. stand tall, my clog-wearing friend. stand tall.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Those who wear Crocs are cool. At least that’s what I tell myself since it’s the only current way I can be so.
Crocs are the best shoes ever.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:32 pm
I have to admit — I don’t *get* the Crocs. Aren’t they hard plastic? Am I only being exposed to counterfeit Crocs and their inferior design?
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Oooooooo, I love my Crocs!
This year I want orange ones. I posted about them on ohmythatsawesome.com and got LOTS of comments. We are a country divided!
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:35 pm
hott!
Jess
“proceedures” hahahahaha.
Thats how my girlfriend feels about my “prairie girl” bloomers I wear as pj’s. Hey, we can make ANYTHING sexy right ?
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:43 pm
My husband bought me a pair of the light blues for Christmas, and then lasted about a week before he had his own pair. He’s also a size 13 and the only colors available were black, brown and navy blue…which I didn’t think was a bad thing because he’d wear bright yellow if he could!
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:51 pm
First? My first clogs were a Simple pair as well, and I have always loved them more than my Birkenstocks, but the outdoor stores locally don’t care them and I’m too lazy to shop for them online.
Second? I bought my son the EXACT pair of crocs this weekend. Well, except for the size 13 part. He is only 11.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:57 pm
I’m sorry… I apologize in advance for the comment I’m about to make.
Do your feet not sweat like a mofo in those??? I see clogs like the stunning pair you are sporting and immediately think circa 1986 jelly shoes. Plastic and my feet DO NOT get along. Then again, they do have that leather look. Are they leather?
Are they really that comfy? Please educate me.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:02 pm
Congrats! I have white ones. I keep them at work for days I ride my bike to work (can’t walk around the office in Pearl Izumis).
Jaime- no, they’re not hard plastic. They’re spongy and comfy and weigh less than socks.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:06 pm
NICE. i have an (only slightly smaller) identical black pair, purchased at target for something like three whole cents. they are comfy as fuck, and i do actually wear them for the intended gardening purposes.
i’m sorry, heather. please don’t hate me.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:10 pm
thank god you’re pretty
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:24 pm
The Crocs are a lightweight, sealed-membrane, rubbery consistency. They are very comfortable and my feet/legs feel great after standing long periods.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:37 pm
I love the Crocs. I bought mine in Vegas and they saved my feet with all the walking I did. Mine are dark blue and I use them mostly for taking the dog out. There’s just one problem, they have no grips on the bottom anymore and I slid down the hill in the backyard….covering myself in poo and pee mud.
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:12 pm
Crocs are awesome! I bought 3 pairs of the flip flops for summer. Even my mother, who hates my taste in shoes, now has a pair of her own and LOVES them!!!
Maybe if you get Heather a pair of the lime and hot pink flip flops she’d convert.
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:14 pm
Great.
Now when we hang out we’re gonna have to coordinate as I have the exact same pair. Speaking of which, I’m hankerin’ for some of that Mongolian BBQ.
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:15 pm
If someone doesn’t mind sharing, how wide do the Crocs clogs fit? I am comfortable in a 13 wide shoe and am leary of buying the size 13 clogs.
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:22 pm
You know you can throw those suckers in the dishwasher to clean them. Just take them out before the dry cycle.
Heather will probably not like to know that…
May 23rd, 2006 at 6:32 pm
My husband just got a pair of the chocolate brown. I think clogs make a guys calves sexy. It’s boyish. My husband finally gave up his Berkinstocks that looked soooo sad. He LOVES his Crocs.
Good for you. Glad you found a replacement.
I LOVE DOOCE AND BLURB!
Michelle
May 23rd, 2006 at 6:37 pm
I love clogs! I used to have a really cool pair of Simple clogs that looked like patchwork suede…they got lost in a move
I have never seen another pair like them
May 23rd, 2006 at 6:45 pm
Ah HA!!! I knew you were a Croc person at heart!
(Mine are yellow. They are the VW Beetle of shoes.)
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:06 pm
Oooohh! I got my first pair this weekend because they are the only thing I can find that I can wear with a brace I am currently sporting, and they are, hands down, the best shoes I have ever owned. Bright pink, affordable, comfy, lightweight… what more could a girl want? Besides a boyfriend…
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:43 pm
I have officially owned my croc’s since sometime in February, a nice beige pair, no hot pink here and I’ve worn another pair of shoes 2 times…yea 2 times, once in a pair of tennis shoes and a pair of sandals just a couple of days ago…I love my crocs more than life itself…