From the Devil's Closet*

Today I wore the most uncomfortable shoes....in the entire world!

They don't look evil--low, wedge-heeled, slingback, black leather peep-toed shoes--but they are....they are! Too bad I didn't know that before putting them on this morning. I'm lucky to still have toes!

At lunchtime I hobbled two blocks to a thrift/consignment store to find some other shoes, any other shoes--although they had to match my outfit, of course--to buy to wear instead. It's saying a lot that a pair of three inch heels, 1/2 size larger than ideal was 4.7 million times more comfortable than those shoes, those Devil's shoes! I asked the cashier to please cut the tag off because the shoes I had on were killing me. She did and I put them on right there at the cash register.

Thank god the evil shoes were also originally from the thrift store and weren't expensive...I think I understand now why they were there.....

Now my dilemma is whether they should go back there. Don't worry, I'm not thinking of keeping them! But should I donate them in case there's someone in this world with the feet for them? Or just throw them away and save someone else the agony I experienced?


*I know, "What?!": Tizzy ordered a kitchen mixer from an online store with customer reviews. She found a review that said the mixer was surely from the "Devil's Home" because it sprayed liquid all over her kitchen or maybe it was her family or perhaps it ruined her entire xmas by chopping instead of mushing. Whatever that mixer did, it was bad enough to make her think it must have come from hell.