Shoes

I got back yesterday to Eau Claire after spending a week at home and at Colin's Cabin. I really had a wonderful time at home and my parents were absolutely awesome and we all had a really good time. At least I did, they may pretend that they didn't but I know deep down in their hearts they really miss me making a mess out of their house. But the main point of this post is the story about my shoes. (hence the title) So it all began a few months ago when I asked my mom if she would buy me a pair of tennis shoes because mine were getting very worn down and I have had them for five years. Surprisingly (really shockingly :)) she said yes!! But for a couple of weeks I didn't think she was actually serious so I never went and bought any because I am too poor to buy a pair of shoes and I didn't want to risk me thinking I was getting a pair of shoes but not really getting a pair. Turns out it was true and she really was going to buy me a new pair of shoes!
So finally this past week I said "Hey Mom can I get that pair of shoes now?" and she said "Well of course my perfect princess of a daughter I would love to buy the chosen one a new pair of shoes!" So we go to kohl's in the middle of the day to look for a dress for a wedding and some shoes but BAM the princess all of a sudden does not feel good at all and we had to leave!! Eventually the princess started to feel much better so that evening we all went to the Liberty Block party and watched Tanya Tucker perform. For those of you who don't know her she was a country singer back in the day and in my mother's words she was "rode hard and put away wet." Supposedly that saying has something to do with horses but I really don't believe her. Back to the shoes! We decided to go to Kohl's after the concert that we didn't stay the whole time for and since kohl's is open until 11 (weird) it was perfect. Poor Colin was dragged along to this too and after "looking at everything he could think of to look at" he went and sat in his car and studied for the mcat. Sorry :) 
So it was my mother, my father, and me shopping away. I finally found a dress for the wedding and my dad found a pair of shoes for himself. They were all white with a silver N. Super exciting, I know. Well these awesome shoes were a bargain also ringing up for 44 dollars. So my mom wants to go look at curtains or pillows or sheets or something like that so my dad and I head on over to the shoes. I'm looking at the shoes and I'm finding some that I think are really cute. My dad just kinda follows me around and every time I say a pair is cute he would flip over the price tag and go ugh too expensive, ugh too much, I'm not paying that much for a pair of shoes! I tell him Dad those aren't even that expensive! You have to be realistic! And then he tells me I can't get shoes that are more expensive than his 44 dollar shoes. Right dad. So I tell him to find me shoes that are less than 44 dollars. He found two pair. They were all white with a tiny word AVIA written in light blue lettering on the side. I told him they were mom shoes and I would not get those!! So I meander back to the pair of shoes that I like and he continues to tell me he will not get me 69 dollar shoes! And then he takes it a step further and tells me my shoes look like Halloween!!! Number one they are dark grey with watermelon neon pink accents... no orange to be found. Number two they just don't look like Halloween at all. But he continued to tell me they are ugly even though I think he was just saying that because he didn't want me to get them and he really thinks they are the cutest shoes ever. So now my father calls my mother and tells her she needs to come break up the fight over the shoes. So she comes over and she sees my shoes because i am now trying them on and says oh those are cute! And my dad begins to tell her just how darn expensive they are and how I should not be getting more expensive shoes than him and how they are ugly. My mom then says in her calm voice she has developed over the years from working as a para at a middle school "Rick I didn't think you're shoes would be as cheap as they are so I can't expect her to get cheaper shoes just because you got such a good deal on yours. Also 69 dollars for a pair of Nike's is not even that expensive." So I got the shoes. VICTORY! They are my favorite and I wore them on a walk tonight and they don't hurt my feet!! 


As you can imagine this is an abbreviated version of this story, I can only imagine what people thought of us arguing in the Kohl's shoe department and I hope we managed to entertain some people that night. Also we did not make a scene because I don't do that. But really thinking about our argument makes me laugh and would probably make you laugh too if you could have witnessed it.


I was wearing my shoes on Sunday around the house and I said "Dad look at my awesome shoes!"



Thanks Mom and Dad for my awesome shoes!!!


Alex