New Smart Shoes for work

by | Apr 27, 2014 | Updates

I don’t seem to be a very good picker of decent shoes. Any of the shoes that I do buy break or start wearing down considerably within a month. And it’s not that I’m buying them cheap either. The last pair of shoes that I bought was on ASOS for £60. £60 for a pair of men’s smart shoes seems to be quite reasonable, no? The last pair before that cost me only £26.99 as there was a deal going on and it seemed like a bargain at the time.

I think it might be due to the way I walk that these shoes are breaking.

I walk in a very stern manner and I’m thinking that is what is making my shoes wear down so easily. It’s the fact that I almost glide when walking and think it’s quite cool, even though I’m breaking my shoes whilst doing this. I’ve got to either stop doing this or start wearing sports shoes to work that will last longer than a pair of smart shoes.

Anyways, here’s my latest pair of smart shoes for work:

NewBrownShoesPair

With trousers on:

New Brown Shoes

Rear side of the shoe:

New Brown Shoes - rear

I bought this from Blue-Inc in Stratford for the nice price of £26.99. Not a bad price at all. Let’s see if this makes it past a month. I will post an update with the state of my shoes in 1 month’s time. 🙂

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