Shoes

Well. I think I have some of my list done. Except the “make a list” part, that is still not done. I’ll do it on the plane while I’m making a list of all the things I forgot to do. I expect it will be a sizable list.

A few I crossed off on my own, but Alphagal helped with the rest of my Saturday Evening outfit and thanks to her guidance, I’ll look smashing. I went unescorted to get shoes and that was hard. The dress code for the evening event is “Evening Casual”. Do you know what that translates as? How do you dress for that?! What is “Evening Casual”? Does it mean “Leave your prom gown at home” or “Shirts and shoes optional?”. I mean.”Evening casual” could mean sweat pants and oversized tee shirt. Are they asking for nice pajamas? Or did they really mean to say “Cocktail Attire” and thought we wouldn’t get it? I’m pretty sure they did not mean “Black Tie”, but that is all I understood.

My dress is black. I needed black shoes. When you say “I need black shoes”, do you have any idea how many shoes out there fit that description? And I wanted heels - if you say “I need black heels”, how many of that original group meet that specification? It’s mind blowing. And then there are so many different kinds of heels! I wandered around a cavernous shoe warehouse place - I was there for hours! I had thought I would just pop in and, somehow, I guess, find a pair of shoes pre-assigned to me? I don’t know. I certainly didn’t expect to walk around there like a zombie for as long a I did. I also didn’t know I had so many things about individual shoes that I would find distasteful. I rejected shoes outright because:

The heels were:
-... too tall
-... too thick
-...too low
-... too narrow
-... too wide (not the same as finding the heel “to thick”)
-... too pointy (not the same as “too tall”)
-... too platform
-...too dainty

I rejected shoes with otherwise acceptable heels because they were:

-Too Slutty
-Too Girly
-Too Granny
-Too Trany
-Too Disco
-Too Ballet
-Too Pointy-toed
-Too Boxy
-Too Strappy
-Too Fetishy
-Too Shinny
-Too Matte
-Too Sparkly
-Too Dressy
-Too Casual
-Too Grease
-Too Fame
-Too Trendy
-Too Last Season

Other things that got black shoes rejected

The presents of:

-Bows
-Insects
-Lucite
-Animal prints
-Cherries
-Buckles
-Labels and or Brands as decoration
- Faux fur

And then when I ran found a pair of shoes that looked promising, inevitably there were issues, I would discover that all that had left in stock were:

-Two left shoes
-Too small
-Too large
-Too wide
-Too narrow
-Too expensive

This was making me too sad.

But I persevered, and not only left the store with the right shoes in the right size in the right style!, but also two pairs of sandles that were not only on sale but the same as a pair I all ready have and love, now I have the sandles in black, white and tan! Yay!