Day 247: Blew out my flip flop

Another short night, means another exhausting day, but that wasn't going to keep me from shopping.

I've had the itch for a few days, maybe it's the balmy 95 degree days we're experiencing as we are ushered into fall, or maybe it was the cats who destroyed my purse.

I was so upset. The purse is one I bought a few years ago that I was hoping to have for 10 years at least.

It's not a designer bag, just one I really like and thought had a bit of a timeless hobo chic style.

But this new development is just one more reason to go shopping, and as luck would have it, I got a coupon in the mail this week. Whoo hoo! That's all I needed.

So I grabbed it and darted out the door, because the sale was a morning sale.

Living close to the mall makes it easy but when I pulled in there was not a parking spot to be had!

What is this Christmas? I thought we were in a recession why are all these people here?

I managed to find a spot and set out on my trek to the entrance. Along the way I felt something a little 'off' with my flip flop but didn't think too much of it.

By the time I made it into the store I was painfully aware something was very very wrong.

I looked down and the bottom of my shoe was falling off... I thought to myself 'I just blew out my flip flop' Jimmy Buffett would be proud!



I'm not going to lie, I thought about the Cinderella prediction briefly. It's not exactly like this is something that happens to me a lot.

But I brushed it off because I had a 1 hour deadline. The big discounts were about to be over, and my coupon was only good through that time.

How was I going to get through my power shopping? Desperate times call for desperate measures, I must perservere. I started to drag my foot and keep it close to the ground, almost like a pirate just to get to the purses.

If I can just get through the mission of buying a purse and then leave. But then I realized it was an excuse to drag my peg leg over to the shoe department to see if I could find anything cute there so I could continue the spree!

And that's exactly what I did, after grabbing a purse and wallet I headed straight to the shoe department where I found an adorable pair of sandals.

Which I promptly put on so I could continue my shopping spree.

When it was all said and done, I had a few outfits which will be perfect for casual dates, so I'm really hoping that matchmaker comes through or Prince Charming tracks me down by my broken flip flop!