1 Happy St.

I went to Famous Footwear on Wednesday to shop for some black shoes that I can wear with jeans. Not quite dress shoes, but not gym shoes either. I ended up finding a pair of black Skechers. I wasn’t crazy about them, but they were comfortable enough and were only $49, so I took them to the register. Once at the register though, the checkout girl marked them as $79. And it wasn’t her mistake, it was mine. I had read it wrong.

Not being crazy about a shoe when you think they’re only $49 is a lot different than not being crazy about a shoe that’s $79, but I ended up buying them anyway. Because I’m an idiot. And lazy. It takes a certain kind of laziness to not want to turn around to find another pair of shoes WHEN YOU’RE STILL IN THE STORE.

But by yesterday evening, I had some serious buyer’s remorse going on. I kept looking at them and thinking “I ain’t never gonna wear them sons-a-bitches”. That’s how I talk in my own head, like a movie version of an older southern ranch hand. So I headed back to the store to return them. Apparently I’m too lazy to look for another pair of shoes while I’m still standing there, but I’m not too lazy to take them home and then come back the following day. How does your brain work?

When I got back to the store, I returned the shoes and told the manager why. I was honest about it, that I liked them for $49, but not so much for $79. He understood.

I ended up buying a different pair of Skechers for $89.