Last week I bought a new pair of shoes. Nothing earth shattering, or that big of a deal. I tend to wear shoes out pretty quickly, so a new pair always feels extra good.
These are very comfortable, no blisters, no red marks, just shoes that felt good from day one. Except for one thing. The left one felt a little “slobby” It looked a bit big, my foot kinda flobbed around in it. It has taken me nine days to connect the dots and actually _look_ at the shoe sizes. The right one is an eight, the left is a nine. No wonder it felt so funny. And aren’t I a complete dunderhead not to have noticed before now? Of course, it’s all the stores fault. They were boxed, I didn’t bother to try them on. It was pretty much a drive-by shoe purchase. But now I’ve worn them for nine days and the newness is a very distant memory. The store says tough luck. Meanwhile, I’m flobbing around in a clown shoe and won’t have time to do anything about it until next Wednesday! Duh!
For those of you the same age as me, and from England, here’s an appropriate joke…..
Bill and Ben go shopping for shoes,
Bill - are those new shoes comfortable?
Ben - yeah, but they sure do flob-a-lot!