Doin' it with shoes

So, I've got these awesome, beautiful black pole shoes that I LOVE, and I love the way I look in them... but I never wear them when I dance! I picked up shoes a little far into my pole journey, so when I put them on, I feel like I'm all the way back at square one- I can barely walk in them, barely land when I'm spinning (and that is, in fact, how I broke my shoes the second time I wore them- they're fixed now), and climbing and aerial tricks results in a lot of foot-flailing and scratching up my shins! So, how did you get used to your pole shoes? Was it difficult at first, but not for too long? Or, should I be expecting a few months of flaily, scratchy, wobbly unfortunateness? Any advice to get me in my pretty shoes?