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Last month I went to South Park Mall, a place I normally don’t go to. My cousin Carolyn wanted to go and the two of us went and had a grand glorious time ultimately culminating in my purchasing a $40 pair of red high heels that look absolutely gorgeous. Pictures are on my face book page. They were original $80 so I got them for 1/2 original price. I became increasingly aware of the vast and beautiful world of shoes during that visit as we spent most of our several hours in the mall looking at shoes.

This later led me to Walmart where I bought three pairs of brightly colored ballet flats for about $7 each. Then, however, I went to T J Max and actually bought two more pairs of shoes. So in July I bought six pairs of shoes, a previously unheard of thing! The two pairs of shoes I bought at TJ Max were a sophisticated yet casual brown pump with a pretty bow on the front which cost $10 and was originally $35 and if I hadn’t forgotten my camera cable I could post pictures of. So those were about 1/3 of the origional price.

The other pair I bought were a pair of high heeled red leather strappy sandals that were $20 originally $65. However… the sale stickers happened to be placed in a visible place and when I ever so gently pulled it off it left a discoloration on the shoe. I was not happy. Then I realized I could return them! And I did. So last night I brought them back, got my money back, walked back to the clearance section of the store and found an absolutely gorgeous pair of elegant silver satin covered high heels that are absolute classics and could have been worn in the thirties/forties/fifties/whenever. They were the shoes I liked most amongst those on sale in the clearance section. They fit and best of all, they were on clearance for $5 dollars; original price $40 and I probably would have been willing to pay $20 for them:) So I was very happy.

I took back a pair of shoes I really wouldn’t have worn much and got a pair of shoes I like better and can wear more and I have $15 dollars to get something else with! So I went from 1/2 to 1/3 to 1/8 of the original price:) Which while that has nothing to do with anything it does sound nice:) My mother tells me I now enough shoes to last me a while but when my birthday comes around next month… I may go look at shoes again:) Apparently I have discovered that I really like shoes!

So, which of my vast array of shoes did I wear to work today? The tennis shoes I wear practically every day… I love to LOOK at stylish shoes and wear them to church and for special occasions but for every day, I like to be comfortable. However, I have my new shoes out on display in my room and I enjoy looking at them (especially the red $40 ones which are a work of art). And this is probably a long enough post about shoes.