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For my everyday standard brown shoes for work I have been wearing the same Rockport model for about a decade now. I wear one pair down to uselessness then go to a Rockport store and just buy the exact same shoes.
I did that last week.
Now what normally happens is that the old shoes sit around for a very long time and eventually I throw them away*, once this took so long that I threw away two pairs at once (that's at least a 2-year gap).
Last week I was on my way out the door to work and said "damn it, I'm not going to let those sit for a year before getting them out of here, grabbed them and threw them in the dumpster on my way out.
Most of the last week I wore black pants to work so I was wearing my black shoes (also the same Rockport model, just a different color; shopping ease is my primary goal in life). Today was the first day to wear the new shoes.
I put on the first shoe on my right foot. Then it turns out the other shoe is a right shoe. First thought was that they sold me two right shoes (I don't actually try them on in the store since it is the exact same shoe).
But no. Somehow I managed to throw away the left shoe from the old pair as well as the left shoe of the new pair. Fortunately Rockports aren't that expensive so I only threw away $100 but now I have to go to a different Rockport store because I'm afraid the clerk will recognize me and wonder why I'm buying another pair a week later.
* Yes, throw away. First, I wear them out pretty good so they aren't really suitable for selling used. Second, the local charities are too snooty to take worn out used shoes so I'd have to drive up to Oakland to give them to the Goodwill. The odds of that happening are slim. Third, I grew up wearing thrift store used clothes but the one thing my mom insisted on was we'd never be wearing used shoes, which were gross. That carries through and the thought of other people wearing my shoes is about on par for me with donating my underwear. Yes, I probably should do it anyway, but I don't.
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