I have cute shoes, now!

For those of you that don't know, I had wide feet growing up.  Like, had to shop at Stride Rite for EEE width shoes growing up and only having 2 choices of dress shoes wide feet.  Oh, did I mention they are completely flat?  Then I got pregnant with Carter and now have DOUBLE WIDE feet.  It's rediculous.  I have flippers.

Lately I've been feeling stiffled by the two kids as they are constantly in my face knowing that a new baby is coming along, so I finally found another mom who was also desperately in need of some mid-week mommy time and swapped babysitting today.  She went to get her hair done.

I ended up checking out the wide width shoe store in Shoreline

http://www.wideshoes.cc/html/contact.html
I went in to this tiny shop thinking, oh, wow, maybe I'll find one pair to take home.

It was incredible. I almost wept. After being told for years that I have 2 ugly choices and they will be $200 for shoes that fit (thanks, Nordstroms!), I went into this store and was surrounded by shoes that all came in my double-wide width. It was heavenly. I actually had to decide.   I had so many pairs of shoes around me that I looked like a spoiled kid at Christmas.  The little old lady who came in had to hide in a corner because I was taking up so much room with my goodies.

Oh, did I mention the prices were 1/2 of what I'd been paying???

5 pairs of shoes and $500 later, I came home and put 7 pairs of shoes that never really fit well into the charity pile that is about 10 trash bags from my spring cleaning for the blind to come pick up tomorrow.

The best part? I had a $93 gift card from signing up for Verizon and my last paycheck from my tax season job came in the mail last week.

Mommy day was a success. 
 
I'll have to post a picture, but I got black sandals, 2 pairs of black heels (yes, heels!  Nordy's never carried heels in double-wide width!) Brown heels and brown cute, overday shoes, all leather.  Sigh. 
 
Paul and Carter looked at them as Paul taught Carter how to appropriately ooh and aah over something you have absolutely no interest in.  I told Paul this day was right up there with our wedding day and the birth of our children.
 
Combine that with last night going to bed in my completely clean house with my chores all done (dishwasher was empty, even, and the only dirty clothes were the ones we wore yesterday).  Tomorrow I go for accupuncture for my carpel tunnel that has been acting up so maybe I'll finally get a good sleep tomorrow night AND our house is being painted (note: I'll have to put up pics of that too-if you come over, look for a blue house, not a green one!)  this is turning out to be an excellent week!