Shoes and My New Character-Crush

[anogete]

The New Balance store doesn't put their prices underneath the shoes. Therefore, I didn't know the pair I picked out was over one hundred bucks. But, no matter, I assumed I would be spending nearly that much, so it wasn't exactly a surprise. They were the top-of-the-line walking shoes with a rollerbar. I don't know what a rollerbar is, but the shoes had one. They looked pretty awesome, and they were mine. Unfortunately, by the time I walked a quarter of a mile in them, I didn't want them anymore. They were utterly inflexible. Everytime I took a step and went up on the balls of my feet, my heel would rub against the shoe. I had a blister on the back of each of my heels, just below my tendon, by the time I was half a mile into the walk. I turned around and went home, completely depressed over my crappy shoes that I paid so much for. I woke up on Sunday morning and decided that I was going to fix my shoe problem. The New Balance store was closed until noon, so I ended up at the shoe orgasm store (Shoes on a Shoestring). I tried on a gazillion pairs of shoes for an hour before calling New Balance and asking them to have mercy and let me exchange the shoes, even if I walked a mile in them on the dirty bike trail. Thankfully, they let me exchange them for another pair, this time crosstrainers. The new shoes fit much better and are much more flexible. I took them on a three mile walk yesterday after dinner, and they were fantastic. They cost fifteen more bucks than the first pair, though. So, I spent one hundred and thirty dollars on a pair of shoes. I'm such a boob. The thirty dollar pair at Target were probably just as good.

I began reading Jacqueline Carey's Banewreaker last night. Oh my, I'm in love with it already. Just seventy pages in, and I'm swept away, not to mention in love with Tanaros. For those familiar with Tolkien, Tanaros is (somewhat) the equivalent to the Witch-king of Angmar (Lord of the Nazgul). For those who just saw the movie, but don't have a mind for the terms and titles, he's one of those evil guys in black that rode a horse and chased Frodo. Anyway, the book tells the story from the bad guys' point-of-view, so it's no wonder that I'm all squishy-squishy in love with Tanaros. He's pretty awesome. And here's an excerpt of the novel to prove it.

I need a long weekend or something. Work just sucks. I have load of papers on my desk, I've been here for well over an hour, and I haven't done a single thing except play on the internet.