Yeah, I don't do the shoe thing. I have three pairs of boots, and one pair of sandals that were necessitated by a trip to Arizona, home of 110 degree heat. Even then I wore my boots instead. I prefer to live in bare feet, and when I was in The Village I would drive bare foot, teach bare foot... and then inadvertently have to go to the pub (post-class outing) bare foot, too. I can remember walking to the village shop at the age of seven or eight in bare feet, too.

Your consumer vs shopper approach is very inspiring! I hope you and your sandals can come to some kind of amicable agreement.