Feet

I've never been big on shoes. In fact... I can't remember what I used to wear in school mostly. Primary I mean - or geez anytime until college. In college I wore the little white sneakers that were the style at the time... Was I into flip flops yet? I don't know, but I DO know when Jen (Johnson at the time) introduced me to...

the MIA wedge.

I STILL fantasize about that shoe. She had them in black I think? I got them in black... then brown... because they were the best shoes ever. Ever. EVER. They were SUPER comfortable, high but not crazy high. They had this sort of ragged tread so that they could be dressed down as easily as they could be dressed up. I remember when the black pair died. I remember knowing I would never be that cool again. It was the shoes. The shoes made me feel so cool.

Off topic alert. As I'm thinking how cool I was that first year at Westmont with my short hair and cool shoes, I just realized a guy that was beyond super cool (on the social hierarchy anyway) probably liked me a little my first year at Westmont. Shared an English class. As I was fairly mid to low level amongst the social spheres I openly "flirted" (was friendly without leading) because I knew it was safe since no one was actually going to LIKE me like me. I mention this not to ring my own bell, but because I think it's funny how incredibly obtuse we can choose to be. There was another boy I thought was too cool for school that asked me out too late (I had already started dating Steve and Steve is cool in a way that is beyond all spheres obviously)... and I nearly blocked it out. Actually to this day I'm not even sure that really happened? Did it? I could swear...

Anyway all this to say I've started wearing shoes for the first time since I had Abby. I just got tired of how cracked and dirty and generally gross my feet were by the end of the day. And as we already know how I get along with shower time, you can imagine it was worse than you think.