They Have No Sole

Our shoes finally gave out during Jimmy's Cardio Dance today - the soles were practically frenching the floor, fer goodness sakes'. Had to tear off bits of the soles during class just so we didn't stumble - thankfully today's choreography didn't involve much spinning about else we might have pirouetted into some poor member (or worse, into Mad Lady *shudder*). Note to self: as Cardio Dance is different every class might consider scribbling/sketching down the moves somewhere.

Remembered something about shoes that are more suitable for the gym, so decided to sought a couple of opinions:
FCI: "Just get something light n you r comfortable with."
otousan: "Cross training is good...Running shoes not flexible at the toes but light! So entirely up 2 u."
Great. Now to shoeshop. We checked out Al Ikhsan The Curve ('cos they've some good yet cheap gym stuff) but didn't find anything we'd fancy. Same thing happened at Nike and Adidas in Cineleisure - nothing stood out nor fit the abovementioned suggestions. About gave up and was gonna try our luck tomorrow at 1U when we walked into Young and Kickin'. And found it.

No prizes guessing why we picked this pair.

'Course, colour wasn't the only reason. It's cross-training shoes, it's light, and best of all, it's 60% off! We weren't expecting to get a branded pair this cheap. Heck we don't care if it's 2 years out of season - it's gonna go through a lot in the gym so might as well make it practical.

And while we were there, we picked up a pair of Reebok track pants as well (darn it, the only pair of three quarters was a size L!). Great, turns out almost all our gym togs are now Reeboks (still one Nike three quarters left!). Ah well, they work for us, that's all that matters.

So now old pair of shoes have a coffin.

What's left on the list: 1-2 more Dri-Fit-like tees (optional), socks (important!), and we think we'll get a pair of sturdy sandals for outdoors stuff like trekking and the upcoming whitewater rafting. And we need a haircut. Lawks. We're really gonna have to survive on bread and water or start selling backside :s