So on my trip I decided to go ahead and get a pair of TOMS shoes. It's the one I was thinking about getting earlier. Toms Ash Waxed Twill Cordones. I like them. But in all honesty, if TOMS didn't give away a pair of shoes for every pair that is bought, I probably wouldn't have bought them. Not for $69 at least. But as I've been wearing them for about a week or so, I realized that although this may not be the most comfortable shoe I have ever owned, IT MIGHT BE the most comfortable shoe that someone else has ever owned...it might even be their first pair of shoes ever...and that makes it worth it.
Also on my trip, I tried on a pair of TOMS sunglasses. That's the next chapter in the ONE for ONE campaign. It is pretty cool. As I said, I tried on a pair and let's just say if they made them bigger, I would've gotten a pair too. But they don't so I didn't. Anyway, here's TOMS eyewear...
Does anybody own a pair of TOMS? Do you like them? I think the next pair of shoes that I buy will be a pair of TOMS. I've been looking at these Ash Waxed Twill Men's Cordones for a little while. The only thing is I don't know how to pronounce that last word. Is it like: KOR-DOE-N-S? Or KOR-DOE-NEH-S? KOR-DOE-NEH-S would definitely be the funnier pronunciation, for sure! If you know the answer, can you help me out? I would be really grateful.
So probably most of you have heard about TOMS SHOES. If not, here is the really great thing about them:
TOMS shoes is something else that gets me thinking about the things that I buy and the effects of that purchase beyond myself. Unlike like my bottled water deal however TOMS has a positive affect on the world...and that is good. I don't know everything about everything that I have, but I gotta start somewhere. So why not shoes? I do realize that providing shoes for one child is not much when considering all of the problems in the world. But for me it represents a more important thing: a mindset change. That instead of making purchases only for my own benefit, in simple and ordinary things I do from day to day (such as buying shoes or not buying bottled water) I can intentionally affect the lives of others in a positive way.
So back to the top...Do you have a pair and do you like them?
