Ok...I have to add a few words.  These are my new shoes.  Vibram Five Fingers shoes.  The reviews are great (for those who fit the shoes and I do).  They feel like I'm walking barefoot!  And that was the point.  AND...no shin splints.

(The law says that I have to wear shoes with toes while I'm on the work floor.  These qualiy, right?)
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(they're really not purple)