Posted by kim on January 4, 2010
Keen Footwear sent my boyfriend, Del and I some Keen shoes to review.
I chose the Winthrop Clog in Bison color ($85 from KeenFootwear.com) because we all know brown mules/clogs are my favorite. I’ve never owned a pair of Keens, and I have to say these are the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever worn! No lie. I love that I can just slip them on with jeans and go!
Pamper your feet with the Winthrop Clog from KEEN. Cozy up with the soft, boiled wool lining. The casual design and rich leather upper give your unique style a boost. A rugged rubber outsole is ready for spontaneous fun.
Del chose the new Austin in Woodbury ($100 from KeenFootwear.com). He agreed that they are the most comfortable shoes he’s ever worn as well! And I think that he looks quite appealing in them, but then again I may be prejudiced.
Too hip to keep locked up in an office, the Austin from KEEN was made for urban exploration. The classic lace design gets a modern twist with waterproof leather. The removable metatomical footbed adds cushioning in all the right places, making sure your feet enjoy the trek around town.
We both found the styles ran true to size, and we have dubbed them our new “shopping shoes” since they are so comfortable to wear when we shop all day! Yes, he likes to shop, too! Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
I’ve had a few other companies want to send me men’s shoes for review as well, so I’m thinking as long as Del can put up with me, I may start a monthly “His and Hers” shoe review column on the blog. Thoughts?
Posted by kim on December 23, 2009
All my daughter wants for Christmas is…
these Airwalk Flurry Mocs from Payless…
Ok, that’s not “all”, but I’m in the mood to sing Christmas carols. Now, will my order arrive in time for Christmas??
I ordered these Airwalk Flurry Mocs from Payless.com on 12/9 on sale for $16.99. I picked free in-store shipping to save on shipping. I *swear* I put in her size as 8.5, but the email receipt said 7.5.
I replied to the email – their main customer email – saying I needed to an 8.5, so if need be can they change the order or cancel/re-order. I never got a reply.
Worried I would receive the wrong size or that they wouldn’t arrive by Christmas, I looked at a few different Payless stores nearby, but was told by all that the Flurry Mocs were a huge hit and sold out.
When I got an email on 12/19 saying my order was ready to pick up at my local Payless store, I immediately headed there. Oh, they received my order, and it was indeed an 8.5 like I wanted, but they had a call from corporate that I canceled my order, so they *just* put them on the shelf and sold them to someone else!
The manager said to call Payless’s Customer Support Center at 1-877-474-6379, but at that time (Saturday evening) it wasn’t business hours, so once again I email them telling them how disappointed I was.
Figuring I wouldn’t receive them now, I ended up ordering a different pair of shoes from a different store that shipped them overnight that I’ll blog about later – just in case my daughter sees this post.
Now just today, 12/22, I receive a response email. It tells me to call the toll-free number – ugh! So I call, am on hold, get transferred, on hold again, la~de~da, and finally get to talk to someone who can help me.
He tells me they refunded my credit card on 12/17. But he offered to ship me a new pair with free overnight shipping in size 8.5 for $16.99 + tax. I saved a whole 9¢ paying the Kansas tax rate over Nebraska’s tax rate.
Ok, so will I receive them tomorrow in time for Christmas?? Any bets? The headquarters are in Kansas (my neighbors to the south) so it sounded promising at first, but he said their distribution center is in Ohio. And we are in a blizzard storm watch, so we’ll see.
Now, that I’m writing this and found a link to the Airwalk Flurry Mocs, I see they are now only $14.99! Do I dare respond to my new email receipt asking for the $2 difference refunded?!
This cute, cozy Airwalk moc can be worn indoors or out. It features rich faux suede with a shoelace detail, a roomy whipstiched moc toe, super soft furry lining and a lightweight, flexible outsole. Manmade materials.
Posted by kim on December 4, 2009
Some of my favorite shoes I wore in highschool were some red patterned espadrilles. I’ve saved them and even wore them to an 80’s party earlier this year. Now twenty years later, my daughter has hoarded them, and they are practically falling apart.
So I was ecstatic (as was my daughter) when Diego Arnedo, owner of Espadrillestore.ca sent me a pair of these Espadrilles with red stripes to review! Thank you!
All Espadrilles (Alpargatas in Spanish) are entirely hand crafted in the small Spanish town of la Rioja, Spain. These shoes are 100% eco-friendly with Spanish materials and have been produced in the same village for centuries.
Diego also sent me a picture he took this past summer in his village of his aunt actually sewing by hand a pair of red striped espadrilles…
Get your own Classic Espadrilles with red stripes, $29.95.
And check out Espadrillestore.ca for more styles and colors!
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