16th Dec 2003
Shoes
The thing about stereotypes is that they are very often true. For example, what the hell is up with women and shoes?
I bought two pairs of shoes over the weekend. Adi has been after me to buy a new pair of shoes for over a year. I average about a new pair of shoes every two years. So, walking by an Aldo’s store at 85th and Broadway on Saturday, I saw they were having a 30% off sale, and I just got a big paycheck, so I decided what the heck. Anything to make the wife happy.
I bought a brown pair and a black pair, as shown here. That’s about all I could tell you about them. Actually, I’m even a bit self conscious about them. They’re perhaps too stylish for me. That boxy, squared-off-toe look I’ve noticed seems to be popular, though I think it looks a little too pretentious for me. But whatever. They were cheap: $65 and $45.
This would definitely not be something I’d normally think to blog about, but I’m just stuck by the contrast between my attitude towards shoes (need to shod feet, nagging wife, sale) and a lovely lady blogger I keep tabs on, Maccers. After a breakup, she splurges several hundred dollars on a pair of shoes:
It’s true I have never been this happy. Never been more excited to introduce a new object of my affection to my friends and even let them try them out. I have been waiting my whole life for this and it was so worth it. … At the store walking around in them, the tears finally came.
I know this will be the best relationship of my life.
My favorite is Anna’s comment: “Those make me all tingly in my no-no place.”
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