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Huarache sandals too

I just want to rant a minute about shoes. Huarache sandals, to be exact.

I have rather ugly toes and when I lived in warm climate and everyone was showing their tootsies, I had to find shoes or sandals that would be cool while not focusing on my ugly toes. I have a few pairs of...what do they call them?...maybe fishermen sandals? They cover the big toes.

Then one day back in about...oh, maybe 1990, I discovered what Payless Shoe Store called huarache sandals. They were fantastic. Just what I needed to keep my feel cool and my toes covered. The first pair I bought was on sale for 5 bucks. Couldn't beat that. Cheap shoes don't last a long time. So? I purchased the same pair of sandals once a year from 1990 to 2003 when I moved to Michigan. Those sandals I bought in 2003 are rather shabby by now. I only wear them around the house as comfy slippers.

Anyway, I decided to see if the Payless site still showed these sandals, and sadly, they do not.

When I Googled "huarache sandals" and came across a picture that was probably what the real huaraches looked like back when that song was on the radio. You know the one? Was it the Beach Boys? I forget and the only words that pop into my head are, "huarache sandals too..." Back when I was listing to that song 1) I had no idea what the words were saying
and 2) even if I had known, I didn't have a clue what those sandals were. They were rather ugly, I suppose, not at all like my huarache sandals from Payless.

Continuing on in my huarache search I discovered that everyone is calling their shoes by this name. Really. There are 3 inch heels with this name. And there are Nike tennies with this name. What's up with that?