do you wear inserts?

That could be part of my problem I'm just expecting them to work a miracle right away for my feet.

To get a doctor's note, do not go to your family physician, go to a podiatrist. He will know what you are talking about and will help you, and write a note if you need it. Skecher's has some dressy looking shoes that look like MaryJanes with criss cross velcro straps. Black suede. I have even seen them with the rocker bottoms. Naturalizer makes good dress shoes that help your feet. I go to Famous Footwear to save money on these brands. I wear Avia sneakers. The rigid insoles I have that I spent $250 on are supposed to last indefinitely. I lost the light foam cover that goes over them, so sometimes they feel really hard but they do help my knees a lot.

I wanted to get those ones with the criscross on them but my instep is too high and it pushed into the top of my foot.

I wish I could wear running shoes to work. I have a pair of sketchers that are ok, better than what I had before (munk shoes) but I'd love it if they'd let me get away with wearing the sketcher D'Lites. Sadly those are all that make my feet feel decent beside ibuprophin.

Sounds like you have to sandwich them to feel comfy. That sux! Sometimes I think I have arthritus in my feet as I spend quite a bit of time on my feet at home but my feet don't hurt like they do when I get off of work.

I would probably just pile them in one on top of another but that crowds my big toe and that is painful in a whole other way!

I'd imagine that can't be too comfy and you can only do that with certain shoes to wear so many. It's usually my baby toe that gets crowded out and the top of my toe nails (don't ask hard to describe)

Ever remember to put them in your work shoes? Only one day left you know for the campaign ;0) Sometimes I do think if you buy a well made shoe you can expect better support and cushioning. Glad those shoes have helped you out quite a bit.

I think I'm too young for it too! But things change after having kids and you turn 30 something and things start occuring to you that make you feel old. Trust me it's no fun.

Oh wow you certainly do have a collection of inserts. Yeah, that's one of my downfalls in summer and when I'm at home I like to wear slip on shoes and they don't make too many that actually have any kind of support in them. I had shoes where the bottoms were like crocks and I bout twisted my ankle in those puppies and I noticed the wear on them made me look like I was walking funny so those got pitched. I wear sketchers mostly as they fit my feet the best otherwise I wear Adidas. I can't wear sneakers to work thought I found some suede sketchers the other year and got those ok'd to wear to work as very little dress shoes have support and I can't get a Dr's note to allow me to wear sneakers to work as the Dr said I'm too young to have problems with my knee's and feet. But I've been heavy for most of my life so common sense would say it's possible for my feet and knee's to feel the way they do.

Hey whatever works for you. Even better if she got you multiple pairs.

I haven't worn heels in years. The last heels I wore were with a slip on mule with a 1in heel or when I worked in an office I think they were 3in high or so but they were stacked heeled mock pennies. I loved those shoes.