I stumbled over quite a thick mat placed in front of the entrance door of the Westward Ho this morning. I went forward on my knees but was able to get back up okay and proceed on my way. The problem is on one side the strap is a little tight on these rather expensive sandals and keeps my foot from extending as far into the sandal as on the other side. Only I don't know if the mat was too thick or I stumbled because of the shoe its self.
Now I have always been very rough on sandals and when I was young my big boned legs and feet would wreck havoc with sandals, even expensive ones, so now that I am older and going slower I have fallen in love with sandals!
I asked Doc if he thought I should give up these sandals just because I fell down in them. He said, why no I don't think so. He agrees that if I came to his door every morning in mountaineer boots or hightopped sneakers (I do have a pair of those) he might not let me in quite so readily. I have friends who walk a lot and they would never wear shoes like this. But my sneakers which were a $100 gift from my basketball son Dan hurt my foot on one side. I sent him back twice to get larger ones, and the last time he said he would not return them again when I wondered if they still weren't right. I should have gone myself because I have never been inclined to wear these shoes not only because they hurt but because they would have had to be a size 12 in women's size to fit me. That hurt my vanity so badly.
I could not wear high heels often either because of these big bones. Imagine an elephant in high heels.
Doc told me just to walk carefully. He after all has lived in Wal Mart sandals for years because of their low cost And he thinks HIS legs look prettier in sandals and shorts. I do not wear shorts but I do wear pedal pushers which is what I have on now. Thank god for pedal pushers.
I would not bother you about such a seemingly unimportant matter but when one falls down all the reasons for it become important. I could have fallen down in anything, it is true, if I hit a raised up mat just right.
These sandals are not ordinary thongs. They are expensive engineered ones, about the safest thongs you could buy which I was very lucky to find in a thrift store. So I guess I will tempt fate and wear them longer while looking for an even better pair of white sandals. Finding them in thrift stores takes time and persistence. I can't give up fashion for practicality as long as I can still walk. I love it too much!
