Posted by Anne Elliot in If you know me at all there are two things you probably figured out pretty quickly. One, I have an addiction to shoes. Two, I have a tendency to be both stubborn and hopeful at the same time.
Now, lets combine these random traits with a trip to Nordstroms where I found a fabulous pair of red patent leather pumps named “Girlie” from my favorite designer Stuart Weisman. On sale for 75% off.
I couldn’t believe this was happening, I had been dreaming about these shoes for quite some time!
There was just one problem, these shoes were a size 7. I wear a size 7 1/2. I asked if there were any larger sizes, and after much searching by the wonderful sales staff, we were left with only one pair in size 7.
I stare at the shoes- I squeeze my feet into both shoes- walk around in the shoes- they have me hurting in like two minutes. But they were so pretty and shiny and bright and hot! I decide I just have to have these shoes even if the fit is going to be a little snug. The staff wraps them up and I’m on my way with every intention of wearing them all the time and forever, thinking of course it will only take a few times wearing them before they stretch out and fit perfectly. Right?
That was five years ago. They have yet to make it to an event, dinner or even answering the door for a hot date.
I take these shoes out every now and again when I want to wear a seriously amazing shoe, put them on and end up taking them off before I can leave the house. Every. Single. Time.
I know they aren’t going to fit. I know I’ll never wear them in public. I know I shouldn’t have bought them in the first place. So, why to I keep them around? Why do I keep going back to them? Why to I keep trying to make this shoe fit?
Why do we continue to try to make a bad fit work?
Why do I love this particular pair of shoes? Maybe it’s because I didn’t pay full price or the style, the color, the smart sharp heel. It could be because they are so unique. I don’t know what is is exactly that draws me to this shoe but it’s never going to work. I feel like one of Cinderella’s evil stepsisters trying to shove her great big man foot into a tiny little shoe.
I tried them on again recently and managed to hurt myself while walking in them and I hadn’t even gone that far! That was when I knew I had had enough. No reason to try to change the size of my foot to please a shoe.
I’m going to let some other Cinderella try them on for size. No reason to keep hurting myself after all. Maybe I can make someone else happy, or miserable, in the process (I think the problem was the shoes not me).
This is Cinderella, Please give BACK my shoes!!!!
I think those shoes are happier to find a new home than the next Cinderella is to have the…Oh, well.
Ok here it is……….It’s time to take of these shoes mafia style!!!! Pull them out of the closet,tape the box up real tight so they can’t breath, get a 5 gallon bucket with some concrete in it, shove those shoes all the way to the bottom and give them time to sit and stew in the mess they have made of your feet!!! After they have stewed long enough get in your boat row right out to the middle of scummit lake and toss that bucket of shit right where it belongs……..on the bottom along with the rest of the bottom feeders that eat everyone elses shit!!!!
Ha! The Park Girl Mafia reaction! Go Swim with the fishes MF-er! Love ya, Tuck you’re the best!
we can make it happen!!!! Park girls always do!!
Ah, the joys of having friends who know where all the bodies are buried!
at least you had one shoe that wa the most amazing and they didnt have your size! i go through this time. after. time. lol.. You’ll find another pair soon! better yet you may find a better pair!
There are some shoes that are nice to look at but, you don’t want to take home with you, they cause nothing but trouble. Now, if I could just learn how to be more discerning before it get to that point I’d be golden!
I had a pair of shoes like that.. They left blisters on my feet.. so I decided to run in them a few years later and well… ended up breaking the heels on them. But while I was running in them I found a cuter pair that I borrowed for a couple of weeks while on vacation. I realized that what I thought were the “Hot” shoes weren’t the right style for me.. I needed the “Go with everything everday cute” shoe one with a little curb appeal and edge but nothing overly extravegant.. sweet and simple..
But I like moms idea.. I know a few who belong in that box at the bottom of that lake…