I got a new pair of shoes today! The ugliest most ridiculously awesome shoes ever. Vibram Five Finger shoes. I know! Haters go on and hate! They’re AWESOME!! I’ve been hiking in flip flops lately since it’s way too hot for my winter hiking boots, (Spoiler alert: you can’t actually hike in flip flops) so I desperately needed something that wasn’t …well, a flip flop. Sooooo my wonderfully amazing better half made it his mission to get me appropriate foot wear this afternoon. He’s so sweet 
I’ve heard good things about Vibram’s, but also knew they were wicked expensive, so I never really gave them a serious thought before today. I walked into Eastern Mountain Sports, saw the ugly finger shoes and tried a pair on just for my amusement. Well long story short I never took them off. AND! This really must have been meant to be since they were on sale!!
William ended up getting a pair of New Balance shoes with the Vibram soles. They’re just as light, but lets face it, totally not as cool as my shoes!
We immediately took our new shoes (and Lucille) for a walk when we got home. I was amazed at how much I could feel through them! You can feel sand and grass and rocks and mud… but somehow it doesn’t hurt to walk in them. So neat. They’re perfect for people like me who have little flat paddle feet with no arches. The only thing that isn’t perfect is the fit. I have really long skinny feet so it takes me a second to get all my toes aligned in the proper place, and my pinky toe doesn’t quite fill the last slot. But whatever. They still feel great!
Chyeah. Check out how cool I am dudes. Like, so cool. (Sarcasm. They’re hideous, I know. Still don’t care.)
They’re totally sweet for climbing things! They let your monkey climbing toes have full range of motion. P.s. Wil totally copied me. I climbed first, so again (in case you had any doubts), I’m way cooler.
Totally stylin’ as a tom boy hipster hiker extraordinaire! …actually I’m pretty sure hipsters want nothing to do with these shoes. Pshh. Whatever. I’m too cool for hipsters.
Daawwwww look how cute my baby is THE cutest. Oh, and if that face isn’t cute enough, check out the video I posted on facebook! (…and then laugh at me because I have no clue how to use video mode on my camera lolz!!)
On the way home we totally had to stop and try some rad Parkour moves. AKA trying to look cool while throwing ourselves against a giant wooden wall. Good thing we had new shoes to help us look way more cool 
I’m really enjoying having a day off with Wil to do fun things like this. Too bad he starts his new job on Monday and then it’s back to normal people schedules. 
Oh well, what do ya do.
I hope everyone has a super awesome weekend!
p.s. I’m not actually cool. In case that wasn’t obvious
Nerd life for life!
Maaan, those things wig me out so hard, but I am glad you are enjoyin’ em!
oh my gawwwd you and lucille and your boy are so cute. The parkour pics made me laugh out loud.
So at first I was definitely like, “I’m not sure I like those shoes”. By the end of the post I was thinking “I needs me some of those shoes”! Haha. They are so cool and make you look as though you have superhuman feet. There is NO WAY I could get my toes in them though (they are the smallest toes in the world). But they are so awesome! And you look like you’ve been doing Parkour for years. PARKOUR! (Have you seen The Office?!)
The shoes are awesome, not my tiny toes. Poor grammar, sorry.
Hahaha Seems like you had a lot of fun!
Lucille is sooo cute! She seemed as happy as you!
This shoes are weird, i mean not much the design i’m curious to see how it works!
I guess if this is so comfortable who cares if it’s ugly? Not you!
But i’m really curious to know if it’s better to walk with i mean in term of muscles, articulation, …
Well i have to say if they come the same color as your boy’s shoes i’m taking a pair too! Hahaha just love GREEN!
Haha! My dad has a pair of those shoes – they are definitely some of the ugliest things I’ve seen (excluding Crocs… nothing is uglier than Crocs. ::shudder::) but they are supposed to be really awesome for running. Or hiking, or walking, or whatever! Sometimes you gotta deal with the ugly if it means happy feet
Personally, they remind me of toe socks. It made me sad that toe socks were so uncomfortable, because they always came in the best colors & stripey designs.
Oh I wish I had known about these before I went hiking yesterday, although my Converse’s held up very nicely. I’m glad you and Lucille had such a blast and you don’t look bad at all!
Those socks. I mean…somehow he’s pulling them off, but still.
Hahaha OMG I know. He’s not pulling them off. Don’t encourage him lol. He actually wore that outfit out in public after we got the shoes and I’m like …dude, you can’t wear that much lime green when I’m wearing these rodent foot shoes. We look insane. Someone has to take it down a notch lol
Jealous! I’m a barefoot kid that loves walking and hiking but HATES clunky shoes that you can’t feel the ground in. I’m seriously thinking about trying to find these now (on uber-sale though, student budgets, sigh…). Although they do make me think of frog feet… for some reason…
Yeah I hear ya about the clunky shoes!! Mine are last years model so they were almost half off. I’ve seen knock off brands for cheap but I have no clue if they preform the same way. At least go into a store and try on a real pair just to check them out, then decide if they’re worth breaking your student budget
FLIP! Those are AWESOME shoes!! I pink puffy heart them!!
Thanks!
I’ve heard mixed things about them – so glad you’re enjoying them! And I didn’t know you could wear them hiking but that’s awesome. And you may be nerdy but you’re damn cute!
Well I guess they’re not the best for all day hiking since there’s no support in them what so ever, but I really love them for the smaller hikes I do. And no, YOU’RE damn cute!
Hehehe! Finger shoes… so silly! Glad you love your new shoes! Parkour away!
They are silly! I wish I could Parkour for real. I’d be so Parkool.
I want these. I do. A bit because I want people to marvel at my ugly shoes and assume that I know something that they don’t.
Haha! Yeah pretty much
Oh YES!!! I love my Vibrams – I want the green Jayas too – I bought mine in the sale too – reduced to £70 from £110 – oh yeah…. I LOVE them!!! I wear them for the gym, the allotment etc, and I wish I could wear them everyday but they just don’t ‘go’ with some things – mine are, of course, black, but I’m sort of tempted by the pink and orange ones ‘for a laugh’
At some point on my blog (end of the month) there will be pics of me poncing around Germany in me made goth clothes and Vibrams…..
Aren’t they great?! Especially when they’re on sale
They pretty much are only acceptable to wear with athletic attire of some kind, and even then you’re pushing it lol. I would love to see you in you made goth clothes and vibrams!
waaaaaa! I don’t quite understand what these are but I want them! I would love to be able to tell what I was walking on!
No one understands what they are. I don’t even understand. All I know is they’re awesome and ridiculous. …and mostly awesome
Ha ha!! I don’t think you need to take the mickey out of such cool shoes!!! It’s interesting to hear what you say about them and love the action shots:……funny I’m reading born to run which has some space discussing the rationale and history behind barefoot running and shoes like yours. I made it sound a riveting read didn’t I?! !! Probably the worst summary ever, but never mind. It is actually a really interesting well told story.:…
Riveting indeed! I stopped going barefoot when I went to school for Veterinary Technology and learned about all of the disgusting internal parasites humans can possibly get via the ground. Ewwww. Now that’s riveting aye? Stomach worms courtesy of dog poop and sand? Yeah. I try to keep a little cushion between the yuck and my feet now haha!