20 October 2010

Boots! Tall black ones, to be specific.

For the past two or three years, I've been searching for a pair of tall black boots.  Yep, you read that right, years.  I have a weird foot, or pair of feet, and finding shoes that will even fit on my foot feet is very difficult (they're very wide, one foot is wider and slightly longer than the other, very high arch, yada yada yada).  Two years ago, I gave up on finding anything in a store and started shopping online.  I was highly skeptical of online purchases because... these are shoes.  Which need to fit my weird feet.  Which means I need to try them on.  So what am I supposed to do?  Order pair after pair after pair until I finally find some?  YEP.  Care to wager a guess as to the number of pairs I ordered online, had shipped to my house, tried on, carried to the office to ship back, and occasionally even had to pay return shipping on? 

Thirty-one

My feet hurt just thinking about it.

So you can imagine how thrilled and willing-to-invest-hard-earned-cash I feel for this pair I finally found.  I'm not even head-over-heels (hee!) enamored of the little design on the ankle, but they fit - They Fit!  I even wore them outside already.  Now that's committment, friends.  Forget signing on the dotted line or swearing to uphold the law in court or giving out your social security number.  I got dirt on the heels.



4 comments:

Leah said...

Nice! I'm still searching for my perfect pair (in my price range). :) Congrats on your find!

Debbi said...

Yay! Success at last! I love the definition of commitment! Perfect, just perfect!

GoodTimes said...

31 PAIRS?? You are crazy!! Or just really really wanted a pair. Wow. I'm having a hard time finding a pair too... because they never fit my calves right... too big. But I don't think I could order 31 pairs to be shipped to my home. wow. That's true dedication to the problem at hand.

Anonymous said...

WOW! That is SOME dedication. I have problems finding shoes because my feet are so small, but at least they are the same size.