These shoes are almost petite, and make my feet look small. I love the colors and the attention they bring. But what I love most are the soles. The rubber nubs soften my step and give exceptional traction, especially in dirt, mud and on anything soft. They have a downside though--they pick up debris like it was their job. I am so terribly careless when I walk that there is always something stuck in them, waiting to be tracked indoors or fall out in clumps while I walk. I don't consider it an issue though. It's just what happens when you own shoes with such cool treads. I have walked on sooo many things in them. I often wear them to my messy grocery store because I know they will grip on what people have spilled and dropped. It feels great to step on it and have my shoe grip. The parking lot is the messiest, as there is a fast food place in the store, and people just throw their trash and half eaten food down on the ground. Burgers, chicken, hot dogs, french fries, they are all there, and I just stride over them as if they didn't exist. I rarely slip at all--the treads just bite in. Depending on what I stepped on some, or all, of it will be embedded in the treads, or be marked with the nub pattern. A burger roll gets hundreds of dents from my sole, a burger will often be at least partially stuck in the tread, especially if I twist a bit to gain traction. Later, in the store, I will leave greasy Puma tracks and sometimes the stuck food will fall out, showing the impression of my sole.