Shoe Shock.
I've always had problems buying shoes. I have flat feet, therefore buying a pair of shoes becomes a ceremony. Ordering shoes online is a major risk. The only way to find a proper pair of shoes is if they can be first tried on and walked in before making the ultimate decision. I would sit on my mirror covered throne (aka the small stool you sit on to try the shoes on) and await the first of many pairs to be brought to me in wide width. If wide width were not available, I would have to up-size until finding a pair that would fit my short flat feet. Within a few hours, I would leave with a brand new pair of sneakers that would last me a good few years with any luck. Fast forward to today. I bet you're thinking that buying shoes in Ireland shouldn't be much more difficult than buying shoes in the US, right? Oh, how very, very wrong you are. I have finally hit my moment of culture shock, and it is over shoes. Shoes. Right now, I'm considering just walking around barefo
