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averygoodun42) wrote2012-03-22 12:30 pm
averygoodun42) wrote2012-03-22 12:30 pm
Splurging
So, one of the things I've been wanting lately has been new walking shoes. The sneakers I bought last year are decent, but not great, shoes that also happen to be white. You know, that leather running shoe white? Yeah. They go really well with all my dark pants.
Anyhoo, what with my sciatica acting up so much, I've been really aching (literally and figuratively) for new walking shoes. Mostly it's been figurative (vanity based), so I've successfully squashed the desire. However, I had some time this morning and was already in the neighborhood, so I went to the walking store in our local mall and tried on some shoes. I fell in love with one pair, though I did not get them ($180!) because I really wasn't there to buy anything. Except, well, I did buy something. I walked away with orthotics in my sneakers. Really good orthotics. Such good orthotics that I went over to Payless and bought the $20 pair of shoes that I tried on for the second time and found just as surprisingly comfortable as the last time I tried them on. With the new orthotics, they'll be really nice (stylish) walking shoes!
So, ouch on the bank account (and also ouch on my calves until they adjust to the new positioning), but hopefully this will help my back. And look nice while doing so. ;-)
I have shown restraint in the retail therapy arena, though. Yesterday I did not buy any of the CLEP prep books (I went to the library and checked two out). I did not buy a new purse (didn't find one I liked well enough). I did not buy any lipstick (the colors were wrong, not to mention I have no idea whether they were gluten free or not). And I did not buy the little, red, used Asus Eee PC (2Gb RAM, 160 GB HD, 8.5 hr battery life, 1.66 GHz) I covet. And I will not buy it until I know whether I will be taking the computer technology course this summer or not. Even though it's on sale. (The sales clerk doesn't know when the sale will end, though he said the owner probably won't end it until summer.)
Fortunately (or unfortunately) I will know one way or another the first week of April, when registration begins. So less than two weeks now.
Anyhoo, what with my sciatica acting up so much, I've been really aching (literally and figuratively) for new walking shoes. Mostly it's been figurative (vanity based), so I've successfully squashed the desire. However, I had some time this morning and was already in the neighborhood, so I went to the walking store in our local mall and tried on some shoes. I fell in love with one pair, though I did not get them ($180!) because I really wasn't there to buy anything. Except, well, I did buy something. I walked away with orthotics in my sneakers. Really good orthotics. Such good orthotics that I went over to Payless and bought the $20 pair of shoes that I tried on for the second time and found just as surprisingly comfortable as the last time I tried them on. With the new orthotics, they'll be really nice (stylish) walking shoes!
So, ouch on the bank account (and also ouch on my calves until they adjust to the new positioning), but hopefully this will help my back. And look nice while doing so. ;-)
I have shown restraint in the retail therapy arena, though. Yesterday I did not buy any of the CLEP prep books (I went to the library and checked two out). I did not buy a new purse (didn't find one I liked well enough). I did not buy any lipstick (the colors were wrong, not to mention I have no idea whether they were gluten free or not). And I did not buy the little, red, used Asus Eee PC (2Gb RAM, 160 GB HD, 8.5 hr battery life, 1.66 GHz) I covet. And I will not buy it until I know whether I will be taking the computer technology course this summer or not. Even though it's on sale. (The sales clerk doesn't know when the sale will end, though he said the owner probably won't end it until summer.)
Fortunately (or unfortunately) I will know one way or another the first week of April, when registration begins. So less than two weeks now.