OK...I traditionally own two pairs of shoes, one of tennis shoes and the other high-top boot-style shoes. Last week my tennis shoes, which had been declining for some time, simply snapped apart. I decided I'd replace them "later," and began wearing the high-top ones. Yesterday, I discovered these had developed an actual crack in the top, where the joint connecting my big toe to my foot presses when I curl up my foot. And I just bought them over Winter Break! So now I've gone out and gotten new tennis shoes, at least, which is what I want to wear over the summer anyway, when not in sandals.