OOOOOOOOH My Feet

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that my feet hurt all the time! I was diagnosed with plantar fascitis after having Sweet Pea. If I have been sitting too long, I hobble around; when I get up in the morning, it takes about 5 minutes for me to start walking normally; I ache after wearing flip flops to the pool; I have orthodics..... I could go on and on! I really have to chose my shoes very carefully. I have several pairs that are killing my feet by 9 am, not a good way to spend the day, huh? Those shoes remain dormant in my closet. It's also no secret that I have big feet, really big feet. Before I had Turkey Butt, my feet were a size 9 1/2. Still not small and impossibly hard to find shoes in this size. After Turkey Butt, size 10. After Sweet Pea, size 11. I refuse to walk into Dillard's or Macy's and ask them for any shoe in my size, they look at me like I've lost my mind. And most times, they don't carry my size in more than a handful of styles. There are only a couple of places that I will shop for shoes. Mostly I shop online, just because I don't have to be humiliated to ask for a size 11. Zappos is great, so is Shoebuy. Last week I ordered my standard pair of black shoes and brown shoes for 'back to school'. I got these:

I wore the black ones today...they were ok, my feet were tired and a little sore at the end of the day, but my freakin' heel kept slipping out when I walked, ugh. Pretty sure Shoebuy doesn't want them back after I have had them on all day, through fire drills, rain, car rider duty, and several trips through the building! I bought some heel thingy, but I don't think that's going to help... I am hoping that since the brown ones have a strap, they'll stay on AND be comfortable (would that be asking too much??).
What has my life come to that I post about choosing shoes?? I'm not even blogging about cute, hot heels, or designer pumps, nope, I'm posting about finding the most comfortable shoes I can and trying maintain some sense of style. Ugh, I feel old!

I did buy Sweet Pea a pair of cute little Crocs.

They are darn cute, she hasn't quite mastered walking in shoes, but we're working on that. She's outgrown her Clark's so I've got to get out and find her some shoes that will be more appropriate for fall! These are fall shoes, dontcha think??