My son is the proud owner of some excellent new shoes: red Converse high tops. I confess I have wanted a pair of Converse sneakers for a long time. I wore them when I was a teenager and I loved them even though they made my feet look freakishly long and I tripped over the toes. Actually those may be the very reasons I loved them. I nearly bought a pair this winter but decided to wait until spring, choosing to purchase a pair of more practical mom shoes, sort of "dress up" shoes, footwear better suited for the weather and attending meetings with professional people who had the bizarre opinion that I should comport myself like an adult woman. But during some late night insomnia fueled internet searches, I found myself on the Converse web site and enjoyed playing around with their custom shoe design feature. I designed a pair of kick ass shoes, all black and red with some other cool embellishments to set them apart, to make them my very own, not the least of
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