I am THE WORST at shopping for myself. I will delay and delay until all of a sudden I'm getting complained at for having the same pair of tennis shoes for the third year again (darn that husband noticing my shoes). These are comfy and made the transition painless as possible. I've gotten dozens of compliments over the first few days. Also, I dropped a jar of spaghetti sauce on my foot and threw them in the washer, laces and all! They look like new and it took minimal effort on my part, so if there was a 6th star, I'd give it.