new shoes

Growing up, my thing was kicks aka shoes. Its all I spent "my money" (my parent's money bequeathed to me by various means) on. Strictly J's and Nikes. The idea of adidas or reebok was anathema to me. Had to stay lookin fresh in some clean nikes everyday, cleaned them every night before I put them back in their respective box.

Today, co-worker comes to me and says psst... and points down to his shoes. He's got some brand spankin new brown dress shoes on, "Steve Madden". He says nice eh? I said yeah, where did you get them... what kind.. etc... A sad realization (amongst many) that happened in the office.