My birthday is coming up (April 19th!), and there might be some people who want to give me some sort of present. Ilan has already done that, so he can stop reading now ...

There is only one thing I want for my birthday, and that is a pair of comfortable and somewhat nice-looking sandals.

Within the previous year, all my main shoes gave up their spirits.
The heels of my boots, that I had worn pretty much every day three seasons a year for two years, were finally too crooked to wear comfortably, and the inner sole had worn off, exposing my foot to the raw plastic underneath, while also one of the zippers broke.
The heels of my sneakers that I got in Houston six years ago finally got holes right through them (but I can still wear them in dry weather, because the soles are still whole).
Aaaand ... last summer, the sole of one of my sandals, which I'd had since 6th or 7th grade - that's 15 years ago - suddenly broke in two pieces! (After that I let the doggie whom I sometimes babysit play with the sandals, and they are now even more broken.)

I got new sneakers and boots very cheaply on eBay, but with the sandals it's a bit trickier. Since I need to be able to wear them without socks, they have to fit me well, so I can't buy them used over the Internet: I need to try them on, or be sure that they fit exactly like a pair of new shoes that I've tried on in a store. I've been trying on shoes in stores, and I found sandals that fit me well and are very comfortable.

Ta dah:

That's Josef Seibel's "Adelle". They look okay, and come in various colours. Of about ten different sandals I tried on one day in Kaufhof, these fit me the best and felt the most comfortable.

The sandals cost about 50 €. Donate away!
Either you can transfer money to my bank account if you have the details, or send me a little something via PayPal:

I'll of course be looking for the best deal. Any surplus funds I get will go to Shepherd's Green Sanctuary, an association based in Tennessee, USA, that provides rescue, lifetime care and other aid and assistance to abandoned, abused, neglected, homeless and otherwise endangered pigs.

Some of the Shepherd's Green pigs

Certainly, it would also be a really nice birthday present for me if you would donate to Shepherd's Green Sanctuary directly, and not to me and my sandals. V^(••)^V
Just read the stories of the sanctuary's pigs ...