I went shopping with my grandmother today. Her name is Judy but I call her Mimi. I've called her that ever since I was little. While we were at one of our usuall shops, I found myself in a bind as I browsed the shoe isle. There was a lady to my left trying on several differnt pairs of sandals. I could see out of the corner of my eye that they were all too big for her. I was wearing a pewter color pair of sandals quite similar to the ones she was trying on. They would have been perfect for her! Size 5.5 is hard to find these days, especially if one is on a hurry or doesn't have extra money to be spending. I wanted to give her my shoes. I paid full price for them at a larger department store near by. Maybe even over paid, I rarely pay full price. As I looked over the rack of sandals in front of me, I found a pair that were close to the ones I had on but in a different print... I seemed to like them better than the ones I was wearing. This gave me even more reason as to why I should give the lady next to me the pair I had on! Me and the strange stood side by side frivorously trying on several pairs, not being satisfied with our current state. I took my shoes off and sat them off to the side, hoping that if she really did want them she would just take them from the pile we had of tried on sandals. Or atleast ask me where I got them or comment on if she liked them. But she never said anything so I put them back on bought the other pair with a different print to take home as well! I probably should have commented on the shoes she was wearing and played it off like I wanted them and asked her to trade but I didn't think of it fast enough at that particular moment. We stodd side by side playing cat and mouse for a bit and she finally became too frustrated in not finding a pair that would fit and she walked off. I felt sad, like either I wasn't playing right or just the fact that she wasn't... can't say but I really wanted to give her my shoes. Maybe I lacked the amount of faith to take them off and leave them at the store... but to walk out barefoot? Would that be socially acceptable. Mimi said that would have been rediculuos, that they were my shoes and I earned them.
Shoes are my forte. Mimi's too. If a girl can't find clothes, she can find shoes... and if she can't find shoes- well then, she can find sunglasses!
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