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These are the Dansko Harper in oiled black. I bought them this afternoon, so I am grateful. They are amazingly comfortable and they make me feel competent.

This semester I have acquired more shoes at once than ever before, because due to this foot problem I developed all my former shoes had to go. I thought renting to an exchange student would help me save for work on the house but it has bought me shoes.

In case you have a shoe fetish here is what I have acquired in addition to the above, and what thus comprises my complete shoe wardrobe now:

– Dansko Buffy short boots in grey suede, very good but they do have a heel so one is not supposed to wear them all day
– Dansko Sandi sandals in black, excellent although it is cool now, on almost the same last as the Harper, above
– Sanita Sonja clogs in black, turned out to exacerbate what is said to be my permanent sore spot, donated today to a very appreciative person who needed them
– Brooks Ravenna running shoes in turquoise, and these do cushion your foot and cause you to stand correctly
– Merell Barefoot Pace Glove running shoes in black, wonderful in general but not quite right for me, so these may go to the very appreciative person as well.

The total cost of the six pairs of shoes, the one of which has been donated already and the second of which will be, was $750. All my shoes will cost at least $100 from now on, as a rule. Thanks to my renter I paid cash, and the most recent shoes are the best. My foot problem is a bone spur on a joint, which I believe I got from wearing mules. You, therefore, should beware.

There are essential categories and colors of shoe that I still lack in the new prescription. I have eight old pairs of shoes to stand in the gap. As these vestiges go, I hope to replace them with well fewer than eight pairs.

I travel with three pairs of shoes: running shoes, sandals, and something dressier (summer) or a pair of boots (winter/rainy season), sometimes for months, and it seems enough. I am really only interested in having a Pair Five (and Pair Six!) so I can have something lighter colored and something somewhat dressy, and rain boots. What do you have?

MINIMAL SHOE CHECKLIST, THEN:

Running: have, could use a second and different pair, like these old school Reeboks, for weekends, weight lifting, zumba…
Rain boots: available for $15 at Academy
Garden clogs: have
Dark sandals: have
Light sandals: want
Dress shoes: want, am using old Dansko Raes in the meantime
Casual shoes/boots: have Dansko Harper
Dressier shoes/boots: have Dansko Buffy

So I want four more pairs of shoes.

Axé.