I had been looking for a good pair of sneakers for ages when I found these.  I consider a lot of other sneakers to be kind of ugly, and these were more what I was hoping to find in terms of style, so I got them.  What I didn't expect was how comfy they'd be!  I wear them all the time now, even though I've never been a live-in-sneakers kind of girl.  They were also true to size (size 9 for me).
Recently I wore these on a hike that was much muddier than I expected and even kind of snowy.  They got a bit wet during the hike, and I was worried they would be ruined (or at least very dirty), but they look practically as good as new now as they did before.