* fashion cents …
I had a small mishap today. My cute mary jane-ish looking shoes fell apart right around noon. It was very unhandy. When I say they fell apart, I mean they literally came unglued and the bottoms fell off of both shoes, at once. I looked a bit strange. I, of course, did not have a spare pair of dressy black shoes in mini. I have everything else under the sun in mini but no black shoes. Whatever is a girl to do? It’s not like I could say “um, excuse me your honor … can we delay court for an hour or so, I need to go shoe shopping”. It’s not like I live in a city where there is an actual shoe store. Besides, we have established that I am not very shoe savy to begin with.
I go to lunch with the notion of purchasing some super glue to repair my shoes. Friends, let me tell you, a tub of super glue could not have fixed those shoes. So, I did the next best, most logical thing. I jetted in to the closest retail store I could find … The Family Dollar. Do you want to know what you can get in the shoe department for a buck fifty at the family dollar? Not a lot. It’s very sad. The options were:
or …
Bedroom shoes. I seriously considered the bedroom shoes. I might have even picked them up. If I could have come up with a logical reason for opting for the bedroom shoes I would not now be the not so proud owner of these …
Please note, they are a size 8. I wear a 7 1/2. I was desperate. Wait, that was already painfully obvious, wasn’t it? I spent the remaining part of my afternoon at work looking as if I had used chewing gum wrappers to craft myself a pair of sparkly ballet slippers. Just like a little elf shoe cobbler.
Thank goodness they were on sale for $1.50. I don’t think I could’ve paid the full $6.00 regular price.
me.
remember you cant put used items in the boxes…….i will be watching
You can always give the to Emma Joy to play “dress up”. I am sure she would love them…they are “sparkly”.
jodie, i think i’ll give them to cathy for Christmas!
Emma Joy already has too many pairs of shoes!
girl rule #1 … a girl can never have too many shoes. duh.
Tod had a shoe incident in court one time too, only he had on two different types of shoes, both black one tied and one slip on. Go figure?!? Just think you have a jump start on a halloween costume accessory.
katrina, i think i remember that! how funny.
Melinda, you do make me laugh.
i love to read your blog
tisha, i am so glad you enjoy the blog. it makes me smile that you’re here.
You better take that $4.50 you saved and buy some food for your little box.