Whoo hoo! Shoes!
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tephraI bought shoes at Payless!
*sees all the blank stares*
Ah, allow me to rephrase, I bought women's shoes at Payless today.
Shockingly, I can wear some size 12 women's shoes (much like I can wear some size 10 men's shoes).
I discovered this last week when I tried on a pair of fake patent leather peep toe wedges. The foot goes in, and if the vamp were a bit lower, or a bit stretchier, they'd even be comfy.
Today I went in to see if they had anything new (they didn't) but the wedges were still there and I was wearing nylons today, so I tried them again. Both feet, even walked around a bit. Still a bit too tight so I put them back and tried on some other stuff I hadn't last week. I found some really nice "ballet slipper" style shoes with ribbons that tie around the ankles but again, vamp needed to be a bit lower or stretchier so I reluctantly put them back.
The saleswoman stopped by when I was trying out some really cute sneaker/sandal things and pondering buying them. And we chatted and I mentioned that I was surprised that I was fitting into 12s and that the peep toes were really cute and just so close to fitting....
"Those come in wide, do you want me to see if I can find a pair?"
OMG. "Yes, please!"
And they found a pair in the store in Roscommon and they will come on the next truck up sometime next week.
I bought a pair of shoes I don't need because I could, from a store, in my town, for $10.
[insert insane internal happy dances here]
So while she was hunting shoes for me I pondered the sneaker/sandal things. They were actually rather comfy. And cute. But white and baby blue? I put them aside while I looked to see what else I might try and, hey, there are the cute sneaker things in black! And they fit like the white ones!
I bought them (photo taken with my foot braced on the edge of my bed, pretty much shooting down my shin, so some distortions should be expected):
And, if the white ones are still there when I pick up the peep toes I might be tempted to get them too... but $25 is a lot easier to resist than $10.
*sees all the blank stares*
Ah, allow me to rephrase, I bought women's shoes at Payless today.
Shockingly, I can wear some size 12 women's shoes (much like I can wear some size 10 men's shoes).
I discovered this last week when I tried on a pair of fake patent leather peep toe wedges. The foot goes in, and if the vamp were a bit lower, or a bit stretchier, they'd even be comfy.
Today I went in to see if they had anything new (they didn't) but the wedges were still there and I was wearing nylons today, so I tried them again. Both feet, even walked around a bit. Still a bit too tight so I put them back and tried on some other stuff I hadn't last week. I found some really nice "ballet slipper" style shoes with ribbons that tie around the ankles but again, vamp needed to be a bit lower or stretchier so I reluctantly put them back.
The saleswoman stopped by when I was trying out some really cute sneaker/sandal things and pondering buying them. And we chatted and I mentioned that I was surprised that I was fitting into 12s and that the peep toes were really cute and just so close to fitting....
"Those come in wide, do you want me to see if I can find a pair?"
OMG. "Yes, please!"
And they found a pair in the store in Roscommon and they will come on the next truck up sometime next week.
I bought a pair of shoes I don't need because I could, from a store, in my town, for $10.
[insert insane internal happy dances here]
So while she was hunting shoes for me I pondered the sneaker/sandal things. They were actually rather comfy. And cute. But white and baby blue? I put them aside while I looked to see what else I might try and, hey, there are the cute sneaker things in black! And they fit like the white ones!
I bought them (photo taken with my foot braced on the edge of my bed, pretty much shooting down my shin, so some distortions should be expected):
And, if the white ones are still there when I pick up the peep toes I might be tempted to get them too... but $25 is a lot easier to resist than $10.
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Date: 2007-05-20 08:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-20 10:20 pm (UTC)I'm still annoyed at the need to have a passport for what amounts to taking a shortcut to visit my family, but the border crossings in and out of Canada have been getting worse over the years. And now they do require passports if flying in and out so better safe than turned back at the border. :P
Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to wear those peep toes with.