I LOVE my red Dansko shoes, I mean, when I say I LOVE my red shoes, I LOVE these shoes. I practically live in them.

What inspired me to write about my red shoes is that I was in the bathroom at work and when I came out of the stall, the person who was talking with me said she knew it was me by my red shoes! I have to be honest and tell you that every day I wear them, someone compliments me on them and I am not kidding! I have random people, in elevators, servers in restaurants, men and women, just anyone tell me and I LOVE it! Now, let me tell you how I came to be in possession of these fine specimens of footware!

Two years ago, someone sent me $50 for my birthday, thank you “Mr & Mrs TheB’s” [inside joke] and I was excited to get something fabulous and not spend it on bills! I was in NYC for my birthday, my dad flew me up for my birthday that week, thanks daddy and we were walking down Broadway and passed David Z’s shoe store, [http://www.davidz.com]  and I saw these shoes in the window and I said, I MUST have those! They are Dansko’s, [http://www.dansko.com], which admittedly, I had never heard of, but apparently they are great with and for people in the medical field, those who stand on their feet a lot and I know why.

They are red, of course, being my favorite color, tapestry, with flowers embroidered on them, in gold thread, not gaudy or tacky, just right. They also had the shoes in black, but red is my color, besides they matched my car! They were $150 marked down to $50, WHAT? Exactly what I had in my pocket from my birthday money! I am going to buy them!

We got to the counter and what did my dad do? He bought them for me, I am spoiled, definitely a daddy’s girl! Are you sure daddy? Yes, then THANK YOU!!! I wore these shoes out the door, I have worn them for over two years now, the soles are still in great shape and I can go for miles and days in them, they have seen a few quite a few states and hopefully to see a few countries in the near future! I wish, as we all do, I am sure, that I had bought a few pair of these, because when they eventually wear out… boo hoo, you can’t find them anywhere!

That is the story of my red shoes and tomorrow, I am going to tell you part two of this story…