Amy started her new shift at the hospital today: 8am to 8pm plus the hour commute each way. I knew I was in for a long day, especially since our TV is broken. [Just as a side note, I have a technician coming out to fix it on Monday, but I called Thursday to see if they could some out any sooner. The lasy was like, "actually that's the soonest we have and it's only two days away..." OK, number one: THURDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY is not two days and number two: I have two small children for 14 hours a day Saturday and Sunday with NO TV! No Imagination Movers, no Handy Manny, no Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Not even PBS. But I digress...]
I decided to head to the mall to buy a new pair of shoes. I packed up the kids (which takes forever when you're going it alone) and we were off. The mall was insane (which reminded me why I don't like the mall). I found the ALDO store and to my dismay, their selection was dismal. [Mental note: always shop online.] As I was leaving, I saw another store called The Walking Company or something like that. They carried a bunch of Dansko stuff (which Amy loves), so I checked it out. The stuff was a bit too pricey for me, and the selection wasn't great for men so we headed home. I was to the main entrance of the mall when I looked down and realized that Josiah had a shoe in his mouth! He had reached out and grabbed a brown leather dress shoe off the shelf and I never noticed! To make matters worse, they were $119.00 for the pair, so I definately wanted to get this shoe back to its partner.
I grabbed the shoe and wheeled around heading back to the store. All the while I'm wondering if I'll be arrested or charged for the pair since he was chewing on them. As I get to the store, the manager greets me and I'm apologizing all over the place. He said, "I thought it was funny that you were coming back with one of our shoes in your hand..." He laughed and took the shoe from me and was extremely cool about it. Whew!
But the real news is that I found a great pair of shoes on clearance at Aldo.com. Yay! [grin]