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Zenomia · 08-23-2006, 08:30 PM

I was at Wally world, picking up last minute school stuff. LOL!! Anyway...by the time we got to shoes..Cole, my son, of course had to PEE..so my Mom took him while the girls and I puttered though there, found exactly what I wanted for him and had time to kill waiting for the other two to get back...sooo...beings all the summer shoes were on sale...well you can see where this is headed! (Girls..I know you will appreciate this...) I decided to go to the Womens shoe isle and look for something for me. Now...I was 1/2 way up a row when Sam (my eldest daughter) picked out these cute shoes in an 8 1/2...(I have worn a 9 -9 1/2 for the past 7 years...) and asks me to try them on. I of course argue that they won't fit...blah, blah, blah...should have just been talking to a freaking ROCK for all she listened! SO..to shut her up and quit her arguing with me, I tried them on....THEY FREAKIN' FIT!!! I was FLABERGHASTED! I was nearly in tears before I realized it could just be a shoe type thing. So here I am, in the shoe isle, with my two girls grabbing 12 different pairs of shoes all in 8 1/2, taking them out and lining them up...for me to try on...now these are regulars not WIDE WIDTH!!! And damnit if they didn't all just slip on easy as pie!!! I started crying for real!!!!!!!!!!!! Here I have spent the past 7 years in sz. 9 or 9 1/2 and WW.....and now...8 1/2 regulars!!! Mom came back and was quite shocked...1st that I was teared up...second that I was teared up and laughing like a loon while standing in front of now dozens of pairs of shoes on the floor sticking my feet into every single one of them over and over again...then doing a little dance before moving on to the next! So unlike most people...My WOW...was about SHOES!!!! And yes, I bought the shoes Sam originally picked out...(they were on clearance...$11...what could I say...The girl was spot ON!) THAT was my FIRST EVER WOW MOMENT!!! And here I thought it would be over getting into 18's and realizing they were getting awful loose! Nope..SHOES...it's all about the SHOES!!!! YEAH ME!!!!