I Need Shoes
I've been invited by a previous co-worker to accompany a good friend, and new co-worker of hers, to their company Christmas party on Tuesday.This has happened for a two reasons, the first of which is my friends all believe that I should be dating someone and I'm not and that makes them sad. That is very sweet that they care so much and want to see me happy. I love them for it. The result, however, is that they try and fix me up with any (sometimes I think possibly every) single (thank Goodness) male within a 10 year age range (up or down). For the longest time I had a blanket "just say no" policy to all of these attempts. Well, I've become a bit more adventurous, shall we say, lately and have agreed to meeting complete strangers, hence the company Christmas party.
It's downtown (Annapolis, of course) and from what I gather is going to be very nice. We're going to a favorite local bar of mine (if going to any one place more often that twice a year can allow it to be a favorite), but on the upper level. Very fancy-schmancy. I've never been allowed there before. I feel soooo special... can you see the sarcasm oozing from your screen?
Anyway, so I have purchased myself a very nice, very attractive little black dress. I was actually very impressed with myself and my shopping luck - originally it was $68, but it was on sale the the local department store for $13.68 (it looked really bad on the hanger), but the best part is that I had a coupon for 15% off! The black dress with pink satin ribbon belt with tax was just over $12! (If you weren't able to tell, I really, really like to shop) I picked up the black and metallic tights/stockings/whatever you call them at the same time - $3.50. Not as great a deal, but not bad at originally almost $10.
The problem that I discovered when I got home is that I don't have any shoes to wear (tragic, I know). I have an entire closet full of shoes. By an entire closet, I do not mean all over the floor, I mean the entire closet. I have the hanging shoe holders, 5-6 I think, completely full (some with more than one pair in a space) plus the floor area of the closet for the boots (they don't really work well in the hanging holders). Yet, in all of this, no dressy closed-toe black heels. Not a one. The only option I would have is to wear strappy shoes w/ hoes which is actually not an option. Or I could wear the knee high black boots that I picked up in Rome, but they really don't work. Completely different look and style than the dress and legs. Not a good plan for this sort of function. Another function and the same dress (dinner date perhaps?), great! Not this.
So, I have to go shopping. Normally not a problem. The thing is, it's last minute Christmas shopping time. The malls and stores are a. crazy (not necessarily a bad thing) and b. being picked dry by the second (this is what concerns me). The volume of people out makes it impossible for me to "pop" out at lunch time to the mall and do anything aside from picking up the first pair of black shoes I can find. There would be no actual shopping, just run in, grab the shoes, wait in line, and then run back out to get back here. No fun. Not positive. I don't care if I'd found the best, most beautiful shoes ever created, I wouldn't like them. I'd wear them once and that would be it. They would be marred by bad shopping chi. Not a good plan.
I have had the dress since last weekend. Tonight is the first night I have an evening free so you would think that I would be happy and just go now since most of my weekend is otherwise booked, right? But I want to go to stress releasing beautiful blissful yoga. From 6:30-7:30. Seriously cuts the shopping evening apart. But I have to buy shoes. But I want to go to yoga. But I have to buy the shoes. You see my dilemma.
I don't know what I'm going to do. It's a conundrum.
The other reason random things like this happen - I have proven myself incapable of finding and attracting reasonable, responsible men (actually, any man for that matter lately) and my friends have taken matters into their own more capable (?) hands... I guess things can't get any worse than they are now, can they?
posted by Ali @ 1:49 PM
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