Posted by shelliR on September 15, 2001, at 18:04:52
In reply to yeah, the leather thing..., posted by Krazy Kat on September 5, 2001, at 8:51:19
> even in my most devout moments, i was guilty of leather shoes. i'll tell ya', i have tried manmade substitutes, and they suck! even expensive ones.
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> you are kind to try. :)Actually Steve Maddan and Liz Claybourne, among others, put out some stretchy fabric shoes that are very comfortable. Steve Madden is pretty expensive, but I usually find them discount, and my 14 year old niece thinks I am her oh so cool aunt, wearing my Steve Madden's.
I cut out leatherpurses/wallets but do buy clogs of leather. I keep looking for comfortable other than leather clogs, but haven't yet. I don't feel awful; they'll not killing the cow for shoes. Still.....
I do eat fish, but I don't put that in the same league as cows. Or pigs for that matter. I mean pigs are *really* smart. So far fish is not all pumped up with antibiotics (especially from the sea), but I'm keeping my eye on fish farms, hoping they are not messing around their guys. Sar, if you really feel bad about fish, you might try grinding flax seeds in an electric coffee grinder. They're very high in omega fatty acids and I put some everyday in yogart. I get banana or lemon yogart and with the ground flax seed, it tastes a bit like a banana cream or lemon crumb pie. ( YMMV, I may easily have substandard taste buds, but tastes great to me!)
Shelli
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