Favorite Shoes, picture 4 of 30

Today's challenge is to take a picture of your favorite shoes and then explain why they are your favorite.  Hmmm, I'm not really a shoe person.  I don't have favorite shoes.  So, I decided that I would just take a picture of the most expensive shoes I have ever purchased.  I just happened to have purchased them two days ago, so all my feelings about the shoes and their price are still solid in my mind. 
Here they are:

Meet my new shoes, the Asics Gel Nimbus 12.  In the USA, these shoes retail for about $125.  At that price, they would still be (by far) the most expensive shoes that I have ever purchased.  Of course, good ol' Aussie prices have these shoes retailing for about $230!!  I got mine on sale for $184.
So, by now, you are probably wondering why I spent this much money on shoes.  I didn't really want to, but I didn't have much of a choice.  I am doing a running program and my current joggers are just plain worn out.  I purchased them about a month before we moved over here, so they are about a year old.  I want a good supportive shoe, and not a cheap shoe.  Joggers (as they call them here) are pricey if you want anything better than a $35 Payless shoe.  There's no middle ground.  It goes from the $20-$35 range at places like Kmart and Payless to $160 at a store similar to Footlocker.  I spent a while looking for shoes in that middle range- there just are none! 
Now, these shoes are probably the most comfortable, supportive jogger that I have ever owned, but I highly doubt they will be worth the money spent on them!