My feet have thick soles, too! My problem is that, as an adult human male, others seem to think it is inappropriate for me to leave my shoes in the closet. If I was a hobbit, they would accept my bare feet!
lol!! You need to come live out in the country with us-- shoes are always optional! (Except when it is under 70 degrees outside...my kids are fighting that rule tooth and nail!)
WOuldn't the world be a better place if they did! If we all wore shoes with cool happy little things on them. And if coloring and singing one children's song was mandatory beginning to each day??