Favorite Things Friday: Sneakers

I'm frugal.  Okay...cheap.

Not to the point of a coupon fanatic, but there are just some things I refuse to spend a lot of money on because they get used and/or destroyed.

Sneakers were one of those things.  They get dirty, muddy, uncomfortable.  The rubber soles inevitably start pulling away under the toes.  The stitched seams begin to fray.  Fifteen to twenty dollars was all I was willing to dish out for a pair.  Period.

A few years ago, my mom (on the advice of my sister) bought a pair of Skechers.  Plain, white slip-ons...nothing fancy...and I laughed my ass of at her old lady sneakers.  They had no laces yet she swore they didn't slip off her feet.  She said they were super comfy.  I could've bought four of my cheap but normal looking pairs for what she paid for those ridiculous things.  Never...

A few months passed and we had several conversations about the sneakers she had come to adore.  I needed new sneakers.  I swallowed my pride and gritted my teeth as I coughed up the money for an identical pair...

That was almost four years ago.  I still have those sneakers.

They are comfy, even after years of use.  They've held up through all the dirt and mud.  They are still white, not right off the shelf white, but not the disgusting frayed white most sneakers turn after only minimal wear.  The rubber soles are still intact with no signs of peeling.  

If and when the times comes that I need a new pair, I'm buying another exactly like them.  It turned out to be a great value for me after all; I would've bought six to eight pairs of my old cheap ones over the years I've been wearing these.  

I love my old lady slip-on Skechers.  

And I'm not ashamed to admit it.