This past weekend, my husband and I and a couple of our boys went to Houston to do hotel furniture shopping. After we flooded this past August 2016, we had to replace some things in half of the hotel rooms and everything in the other half of the hotel rooms. Six months following the flood, and we are just now getting the final renovations done. We went to a hotel furniture wholesale market and Ikea. You wouldn't think that the walking was that extensive and it wasn't. First, we went to these places to plan the layout of the rooms with what was available and what accents such as wall decor and rugs. Then we went back and picked out what we wanted and calculated pricing and what was within our budget. We went back a third time to load everything up. This all circles around to an average amount of walking.
By the time we left Saturday night (Day 3) to drive home, my feet were in pain. What I thought to be great walking shoes that I had owned for over six months gave me several blisters on the tops of both of my feet as well as a couple of blisters on the bottom (no heel blisters).
Part of the problem was that we ate sodium-filled junk food all weekend and my feet swelled up quite a bit. Unfortunately, this is a common problem when I travel no matter how much water I drink.
I have to admit that blisters can just totally ruin a good trip. These were Clark's brand walking shoes. My impulse is to toss them in the dumpster but I'm giving myself time to reconsider. I'm back on the quest for a cute pair of walking shoes that are comfortable, functional but look good with a skirt. Got any suggestions?
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