Daily Archives: May 15, 2008

… and falls in love.

I’m a barefoot girl. Blame my farmer roots and my flowerchild personality. The first thing I do when I get home is take off my shoes. They aren’t put on again until absolutely necessary. Even then, my shoe of preference is a sandal. I wear sandals nine months out of the year. Not a big deal if we lived in Texas or SoCal. But since we can have snow from November to March, my free digits are shocking to some of our neighbors. One of Ellie’s teachers, born and raised in Trinidad, was sure I’d die of pneumonia before the school year was out. And the issue extends beyond shoes. I can’t sleep with tucked-in sheets. I know I don’t garner oxygen through my feet, but still, it’s an uncomfortable state I liken to suffocation.

A couple weeks ago Rick took the kids so I could go shopping. I needed some summer stuff and the requisite sandals. They didn’t have any fun hippy styles, so I meandered through the more athletic rows of shoes hoping to find something slightly funky. Instead I found the shoes of my dreams.

I slipped into these thongs and instantly felt my whole body relax. The gel-like soles massaged my sweet feet and lifted a smile to my face. A smile that hasn’t faded in two weeks. I had to buy them. I may go back for more.

So, here I am, a barefoot girl in love with some shoes. I even wear them in the house when there is no need. They’re more comfortable than wearing nothing at all.

Just had to share. My husband is tired of hearing me talk about them.