happy feet.......

There are some days when duty calls, and there is no hitting the snooze button to stall the summons. You must hit the door running, and it requires the most comfortable pair of shoes you own to see you through the day. Nothing seems to fit the bill more than a good pair of sneakers.... or as they call them in Atlanta, tennis shoes.
Since I am not a tennis player, and have a New England vocabulary still, I call them sneakers, or "sneaks" for short.

I am very lucky that I get to wear them everyday..... as no caterer is worth a darn in high heels. With as much running around that we do, and slippery kitchen floors to deal with, it's required footwear. When I get home around noonish to do paperwork, I can slip them right off and walk around barefoot; a perk when you have a home office. No matter how comfortable sneakers are, even by noon, your feet are weary of shoes altogether. Slipping off the confines of footwear lessens the barking your feet yell to your legs.

No amount of comfort has been afforded me this week when it comes to shoes. The amount of running around has increased due to a co-worker on vacation, and thankfully due back tomorrow. What started out as a slow and quiet week, actually ended up in a lot of last minute orders. Whoopie! Job security at it's finest. Yet, it takes a toll on the dogs, if you know what I mean. Perhaps it's time to go shoe shopping after all, as I hear switching off shoes throughout the day is the best thing you can do for your feet. Or maybe, I'm just getting foot- cranky in my old age. Naw..... I need to go shoe shopping!

It's not one of my favorite shopping sprees, and I'd rather go grocery shopping if I had my druthers, but we do need foot protection. Since I only own a total of five pairs of shoes, two pairs of dress oxfords, one pair of good sneakers, one pair of yard shoe sneakers, and flip flops, it's time to expand the wardrobe in that area. I actually did venture into a store a few weeks back and loitered through the shoe department. All of a sudden the world went from black and white to beautiful color as the loveliest pair of dress shoes stared back at me from the rack. They were perfect in every way, except they were brown, and I was looking for black shoes. The heel was just enough so that toppling over wouldn't be a problem, and they were even in my size. Best of all, the price was within my budget...just not my budget for that week. I left them on the rack.... not without trying them on first, and doing a little runway walk, of course.

I did buy a pair of new sneakers (Dr. Scholls), and have been spending my time breaking them in a little. New sneakers are nice, but they do require a few wears in order to tame them of their stiffness. Perhaps with this week being busy, it wasn't a good time to give them that test run. Regardless, I never remember that rule when I purchase new shoes. I'm only too happy to wear them immediately.... mostly because I've already over-worn the last pair. (Don't we all, though?)

It should only be a few more days before the sneakers are in comfortable mode, and I won't be running around as much as I have this week. There is light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, and home chores can get some attention before the midnight hour. Thank goodness I can do the home stuff in bare feet..... my favorite attire of all. As hubby says: If your feet aren't comfortable, nothing's comfortable. And I'll be darned if he isn't right about that!