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Today’s Favorites are in honor of this afternoon’s forthcoming shopping trip for one of my favorite things of all time: Shoes. I can’t possibly list all my favorites, so here’s a selection:

1. New Rock Boots. I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s still true. These are awesome. Truly awesome. I love my pair.

2. Dr Martens Mary Jane. As anyone who knows me well can probably tell you, I have an unhealthy attraction to these sorts of shoes. However, I’ve had a pair in this particular style for about 6 years now (and a pair of 20-eye boots, as well), and I absolutely love them. I’d buy another pair in a heartbeat. They’ve been all over France with me and are great, sturdy, comfortable shoes. I also just found out that they make a stacked wedge Mary Jane, and so I think I might have to add another style to my collection soon.

3. Reef sandals. I also have several pairs of these, and I love them. They are comfy (and since flips flops are practically the Georgia summer footwear uniform, I blend in nicely) and durable and come in a wide range of colors and styles.

4. Converse tennis shoes. I’ve been wearing these since junior high, and although I’ve bought knockoffs a couple of times in the past, the original is by far the best and most comfortable. Their only downside is that after a few months of constant wear, they start to smell really bad. I go for the low tops, and my current pair have an awesome swirly skull pattern all over them.

(The soles used to look like this when they were brand-new!)

5. My shiny blue Irregular Choice flats. Unfortunately, I can’t find a photo of these on the internet (and I’m not wearing them, so I can’t photograph them on my feet), but they’re brilliant. And also comfortable.

And that pretty much sums it up. I have many (many)  other pairs of shoes, but these are pretty much the regulars, plus a couple of excellent pairs I bought at Target and a pair of boots from Nine West that I wear sometimes in the winter. If I were stranded on a desert island, the above 5 pairs of shoes would be what I’d pick if I could only pick 5 pairs. And of course I’d bring lots of hand-knitted socks.

(Birkenstocks should be on the list, but I’m still poor so I haven’t bought myself another pair of those yet; I last wore them regularly in junior high)

And if that isn’t enough shoe goodness for you, here’s a great haute-couture shoe blog:

Jak & Jill