Our idea of a love-hate relationship? Shoes. Think about it: You obsess over the beauty of the perfect lace-up pump and squeal with glee when you find a killer pair on sale, but these sources of delight are simultaneously instruments of pain. Throbbing feet and stinging blisters, anyone? Since we’re not giving up our footwear addiction anytime soon, we figured we’d find solutions to lessen the pain our favorite shoes inflict.

Scroll down for seven hacks to make your life just a little bit easier.