Nuthin’ Like a New Pair of Shoes
So, Jon got all excited, and bought me a new pair of shoes today.
Which to some might be the sweetest most romantic thing – Ahhhhh! He bought her a new pair of shoes!!!! – BUT if you know me at all, I haven’t worn shoes since…..well, forever! Okay, well maybe not that long ago; but I have been wearing the little $3.00 flip flops for probably 2 years. I HATE DISLIKE shoes. PERIOD!!
I don’t like sweaty feet, and my feet sweat even in the middle of winter in the snow. Yes, I wear the flip flops in the middle of winter. But, going on with the whole losing weight thing; I would like to walk. Well, I think I would like to walk. I had a pair of runners a few years ago – the last time I tried to lose weight – and I busted the heels right out of them. I actually wore them out. I don’t think I have ever done that before. I’ve never exercised that much. Any how, Jon wanted to get me some really good runners, so off we went to Penninsula Runners and the lady who serviced us was thorough. It took 3/4 of an hour, and probably 10 pairs of shoes before we settled on these monsters.
Yup, I officially have the world’s largest feet. Normal women wear a size 7.5 or 8 “B”. The “B” is the width indicator. My shoe size – Men’s 8.5E – I feel so dainty and lady-like. Nuthin’ like a really huge pair of shoes to inflate your ego to epic porportions. Oh well, they fit, and I don’t have to cut my toenails. Yes, A little bit of an oddity about me. For the first 28 years of my life, I didn’t have toenails. Why, you ask? Because, as soon as they started to grow, I would rip them right out the nail beds. Didn’t it hurt, you ask? Well, of course it did! Then “WHY”? If I knew the answer to that I would not have done it. As it stands, I just did! And then about 2 years ago, I decided to leave them alone, and this is what grew.
And I usually have really cute little flowers painted on them. Now, I apologize for displaying the absolute horror of my feet. Just in case you don’t already know, I kind of have a foot “thing.” I don’t really like feet. Little baby feet are okay, and little kid feet are too, as long as they haven’t crossed over into gross “people” feet. I don’t even like for Jon’s feet to touch me, and if you saw Jon’s feet – you’d understand! I like to keep my feet as ornamented as possible. I almost never go with out toenail polish. If fact, it has been 9 years since I had naked toes. I mean, they have seen the light in between polish changes, but aside from the brief minute in between changes, they are pretty much always clothed. Yah, I know I’m weird! But I prefer to look at it as unique!
Back to my shoes, I really should get up and walk tomorrow. But will I? That is the million dollar question….I should, I really should. And as I sit here sipping my Blasted Church Gewurztraminer I don’t know if I’ll even feel like it in the morning. But, it’s not about feel. It’s just about doing, and if I want to be happy and thin and fit – I NEED TO EXERCISE – even if I hate it like the plague. It must be done! Well, Here’s to happy trails in the morning!
Until next time…………………..
January 6th, 2006 @ 9:01 pm
[...] So, she asked me! Only instead of there being 4 hours of work each – there was 8 hours of work for each of us to do. Did you do the math? I was on my feet ALL DAY! I even wore my good runners. I figured that I’d be on my feet for a good portionof the day, and I dressed appropriately…..but, my feet feel like they are on fire. They hurt so bad, that what I want to to do is to soak them in a bucket of ice, only that would make me cold, and then I’d get all tense because I was shivering, and then my body temperature would start to drop and I’d get even colder….do you get the idea…….It just isn’t a good idea. BUT THEY HURT! OH, THE AGONY< THE PAIN………Even sitting here with them propped up isn’t helping. I feel like such a whiner. But honestly, I don’t ever work as hard as I do when I go and clean a house. I never stand for that long any day, EVER!!!!!! [...]