Wednesday, November 28, 2012

RIP, Faithful Shoes

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Today was not a great day. Oh, I am feeling much, MUCH better now that I'm on antibiotics. Now I'm just tired, not completely fatigued. =) Thank you for all the well wishes! But today at work, we moved from one floor to the other...from a floor with a wonderful, open floor plan, plenty of light, where I sat by a window...to a floor with high cube walls, half the number of lights in the ceiling, and no window.

=(

But not only did I have to pack up and move to a cruddy cubicle, where I spent a half an hour trying to Lysol all the strange brown, sticky smudges off the desk and drawers, I also was wearing a pair of my favorite shoes...these:
 
They have high, chunky heels but are extremely comfortable. Actually, I should say they HAD high, chunky heels, since just as I was about to tote all my stuff to my new dungeon cube, this happened:
 
By the end of the day, here's what they looked like:
 
Actually, I kind of love the fact that these shoes didn't limp along (no pun intended) for a while, showing wear but making me think, "Hey, they don't look THAT bad! I can still wear these!" Nope. They failed SPECTACULARLY, leaving no doubt that it's time to find a new favorite pair of shoes.

In other news, my free skein of Biggo came from Knit Picks. Did anyone else get in on this great deal? Only a $5 purchase and they sent you a free skein! I was hoping it would match my Silver Rose hat so I could make it into a cowl. It doesn't match as well as I'd hoped, but I think it's still destined to be a cowl. Any good pattern suggestions?
 

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Mamma needs a new pair of shoes. Really.

10 comments:

Annie said...

I hate it when old favorites like that have to go to shoe heaven. Hope you can find some new ones you like as well. Anyway, glad the drugs kicked in. Time to decorate that cube too!

Annie said...

I hate it when old favorites like that have to go to shoe heaven. Hope you can find some new ones you like as well. Anyway, glad the drugs kicked in. Time to decorate that cube too!

Nic said...

Glad you're starting to feel better. Hope that keeps up.
Yuk! What an awful move. Did you guys piss someone off or was it just your turn to work in the dungeon?
Epic fail on the shoes. Never seen that happen before

Chris said...

So glad that you are feeling better!
Are those clarks or indigo shoes. I have had spectackular sole failures like that with a few pairs.

Melissa said...

Woah! The heels look like they were through the shredder! The clearly didn't like the move either!!!

Hope you feel better soon!

Melissa

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Poor shoes :-(

I used to have a boss who would check your length of service with HR when allocating window seats so the people with the longest service got them! He was very very fair. He also bought us Creme Eggs every Easter and ice-lollies if it was hot. And random doughnuts. And said "I'll put my Amex card behind the bar, just order what you want!"

Dani - tkdchick said...

Wow! Those like blew up!!!!

kathy b said...

I thought of getting in on the BIGGO. YOurs is lovely. A cowl will be perfect

rosey175 said...

I am convinced that when I find a pair of shoes I love, I need to order 50 of them so they last the rest of my life!

Melanie said...

Man, I thought I was hard on shoes.......
Great time of the year to go shoe shopping though - everything is on SALE. :)

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