When I want to buy pants, I go to a store and buy pants. I don’t know of any store that sells pants my size in which I couldn’t just go in, pick out a pair, try them on, pay, and leave. If they’re old fart elastic waist pants from WalMart or KMart, I even get to skip the trying on part. Sweaters? Any ordinary department store, and I’m fine. I can buy socks in the grocery store and live happily ever after.
Shoes? I’ve been looking off and on since I got here — in June 2007. I am totally impossible to buy shoes for. One problem is that on a good day I get to sit for 20 minutes at lunch — but not usually. So I need shoes that I can stand in all day. I did manage to find one totally awesome pair, but they are sandals — the sort you wear with panty hose. They’re great if I want to wear a skirt, but it’s in the 40s in the morning! I want warm feet!
I found a pair I love, when I was out shopping with Dottie: http://tinyurl.com/5zllt9. The problem is the only pair that store had was size nine. So I looked on-line to find other stores and drove across town today to discover they had none at all of that kind. I will have to order them online or do without. Still, I needed a pair of shoes for work. I finally got rid of the ones that I bought at Land’s End when I went shopping with Lea — before she moved from Jefferson, which was at least a year or two before I moved from Jefferson. So I got these http://tinyurl.com/6bf9uw today in black. They’re comfy and I can wear them to work. I just hope I can stand in them all day!
I think I wrote about Twilight when Betty was here. Since I got her a copy of the second book to borrow, I figured I might as well buy the first one and read it in the meantime. Those who pay attention to these things know that the movie came out last weekend, and it’s a winner from what I’ve heard. So now I’m trying to finish up the first book so I can go see the movie. The problem is that I wimp out. When there’s a rough part I put the book down, but unlike movies the rough part waits for you to pick the book back up. Lucky for me, though, I get to call a middle schooler who tells me it will all work out! Besides — there are three more books after this one! So obviously it doesn’t all end here! But when I last talked to Betty, she said there was one Big Thing in this book. That’s where I am now — in the middle of the Big Thing. But I’m up to page 427! And you know it’s a good book when I’m back to reading instead of playing on the computer!
