Farewell Flip Flop

posted Friday, 17 July 2009

I think that I shall never see my feet as lovely wearing thee

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Oh beautiful flip flop my foots' faithful friend
I've come to the sad realization that this is the end.

Your soft suede cushioned my road weary feet
Your beading caught the eyes of those we would meet.

Your price was a thrill a meer dollar sixty nine
it made your Chinese construction seem more than fine.

Then others showed up at half of your price
I admit I was jealous I was not very nice. 

Years of wear and weather have taken their toll
The gluing and sewing will not make you whole.

With a heavy heart and a tear stained face
I throw you in a Heafty bag far from your treasured place.

I suffer now with emptiness for days I seem to ail
Until a Sunday sales flier  JC Penney's half price sale!

 

 

 My other pair of old favorites about to meet the big Heafty bag.

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 Some of my favorites with life left in them:

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And last but certainly not least, the newest additions to our little summer footwear family (the replacements/and half price):

 

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1. The Capt. left...
Friday, 17 July 2009 10:56 am

You have a very creative imagination, Lady! :) The first one's ARE ready to go. The others weren't bad. Women and shoes... ;) Glad you're back!


2. catty left...
Friday, 17 July 2009 11:17 am :: http://savetheamericanfamily.blog-city.c

Capt. my mom said I must be going through a shoe phase because I've never owned this many shoes. They were all so pretty. The cream shoes go with so many of my summer dresses and purse. The new black shoes go so nice with shorts and pants. The brown shoes go equally well with shorts, skirts and dresses. If they did this many interesting things with mens' shoes/sandals you guys would have more too. Plus you have to cover the basics for summer and winter with white, brown, and black. Right there you have a minimum of six pairs of shoes.


3. John-Ward Leighton left...
Saturday, 18 July 2009 7:56 am

Welcome back, the feminine side of me also loves shoes. I buy well made good shoes and have a favorite shoe maker that keeps them in good repair. Last month i finally threw out a pair of climbing boots that i had had since 1972.

I think my stint in the Army (Airborne Infantry) has caused me to be conscious of my shoes and even beat up old "runners' still languish in my shoe cupboard. ha ha

JWL


4. sophmom left...
Saturday, 18 July 2009 9:42 am :: http://www.dotcalm.blog-city.com

Hey, darlin'. We've missed you. I love sandals and red toes. Summer shoes are the best.


5. Paula Reed left...
Monday, 20 July 2009 6:07 pm :: http://paulareed.blog-city.com

Who needs Prosac when there are shoes?!


6. catty left...
Monday, 20 July 2009 8:29 pm :: http://savetheamericanfamily.blog-city.c

Good to be back JWL! New frame of mind should keep me from a negative daily rant, which was where I seemed to be heading. I'll concentrate on lighter fare. I had a pair of hiking boots, you know the kind, tan suede with steel toes and thick craggy bottoms. I was wearing them when I moved here to Johnstown and only parted with them when a man with a mullet gushed over them asking where he could get a pair since he hadn't seen them in years. I only missed them when I had to go on the big hiking boot hunt for Arizona vacation.

Sophmom-I missed you guys too! I did whore house, er, I mean, patriotic red with little star decals for the week of the fourth. It was very festive. My daughter did blue. I should have taken pictures. Ah well, next time.

Paula-OMG!!!! It never occurred to me. You are brilliant. They need to put that on the warning label: Caution may cause dizziness, vivid dreams, thoughts of suicide, footwear apathy. Hamster wheel in brain turning--I'm not recalling anything but eight years of Reebok Princesses. Is that why my mom kept loaning me shoes? I'm going to have to do some investigating.