shoes

I have a crack in my sole.

I’ve been out walking the neighborhood looking for our missing cat and noticed that my sock was getting wet.  I checked when I got home and sure enough there was a crack running across the sole of my shoe.  

I needed new shoes – but I hate buying shoes. 

I went to the mall to the discount shoe store and tried my luck. I found a style that I liked at a reasonable price – but of course they didn’t have my size.

I found a similar style in my size, but it was $84 dollars.  I’m sorry, marked down to $84.

I found specialty shoes that looked like ordinary shoes. Dress shoes for occasions I would never attend.  And tons of shoes that would break the bank.

I gave up in a sour mood and looked online.  I found shoes that were in my price range and looked reasonable, but the brands were from China and featured names like GYPAF or CEQHG. Very “sus”, as the kids would say.

Days passed with frequently wet socks and I tried another shoe store. I had worse luck there – even the clearance section with the cryptic color scheme for the discounts amounted to bank-breaking prices.

I gave up, frustrated, and headed back to amazon. This time, I found adidas shoes – normally $64 and marked down to $26. I ordered them and a book -but it’s amazon so I’m fully expecting to get plastic clown shoes or size 18 high heels.

It’s all just a scam.  The shoes are just shoes and aren’t really anything special. And the prices are meaningless – if you can mark it down to reduce the price by $40, then what are they really worth?

The shoes – however they might be – will arrive on Tuesday of next week. We’ll see if they are what the website claimed. I’m hopeful – because I’m tired of wet socks during a rainy Fall.