Yesterday was chilly and rainy.
Clearly, we couldn’t ride bikes, as Angel and I like to do frequently in the
summer, so we decided to go to the mall and walk for exercise. You know, like
those cute old couples you see walking around the mall at eight in the morning
so that they can get their exercise in a comfortable, climate-controlled
environment.
But let me warn you—walking
around the mall is not the cheapest way to get some exercise. Or maybe the
problem was our technique. Because we didn’t just walk determinedly down the
main hallway, but stopped in whatever stores we wanted to.
Before I got married, I had no
idea that there were shoe stores where the attendants actually measure your
feet, put the shoes you’re looking at on your feet, and check the fit. I find
this very strange. However, Angel’s favorite thing to buy me is shoes, and
because he’s a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to shoe brands, he sometimes
takes me to the kind of shops where the attendants put the shoes on your feet.
Last night we were in such a
shop, and we saw a sandal style that I wanted to try on. The very nice man
brought out one size 6 sandal in that style, and put it on me. While he was
kneeling down, trying to figure out the straps, he exclaimed, “Wow! You have
some really skinny feet!”
I had no idea what to say to
that, so, as in all similar situations I have encountered, I said nothing.
After a pause he said, “Well, I guess that’s better than having fat feet.” And
Angel verbally agreed with him. I liked the sandal on my foot just as much as I
had liked it on the shelf, but we spent the next few minutes watching our guy
as well as the other people who worked in the shop searching frantically for
the right sandal that was of a pair with the left one I was wearing. After
trying every spot they could think of, they declared that for some reason, they
only had half a pair of that particular sandal, but they could order a pair in
for us if we liked.
We ordered a pair and continued
our exercise. At another store, Angel found the exact style of shorts he’s been
looking for for weeks, if not months. Both of us are very particular about our
clothes, and when we are looking for something, we won’t buy a close
approximation, but we’ll wait till we find the precisely perfect one. The
problem at this store was that although they had the exact color and style of
shorts that Angel wanted, they didn’t have them in his size! Well, actually,
they did. Angel discovered that the mannequin near the shorts display was, in
fact, wearing the size he needed. So, he went and asked a cashier if he could
try on the shorts that the mannequin was wearing, and while the cashier was
taking off the mannequin’s shorts, Angel helpfully found another pair of shorts
in a different style, but the same size, so that the mannequin would not be
half naked.
After we bought the shorts, we
decided that we’d had enough exercise for the day.
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