Shoes

The weather change here in Ohio has kind of snuck up on me. Don't get me wrong, I have lived here all of my life so I am no stranger to fall / winter weather , but I just really somehow thought that I had a bit more time to wear sandals . Thankfully I did buy a pair of lined crocs as I knew that my croc sandals would not be able to be worn forever. These lined crocs are great and had been prefect for those chillier days, however didn't quite match the outfit that I planned on wearing to LA. I figured that I could wear a pair of shoes from a past season on the plane and then sandals would be great once to LA. Unfortunately I found that past season shoes no longer fit comfortably. I tried three pairs and nothing worked. My Nikes could have worked but then I would not be able to remove them on the plane and since my extremities swell while flying, this would have made for a very uncomfortable (almost) six hour flight. I chose the lined crocs even though they didn't match well and all worked out.
When we landed in Pittsburgh there was snow on the ground . This brought me to reality real quick that I needed shoes with backs,possibly even boots. Luckily I did have a pair of boots that were only slightly too snug. I wore these for a couple days but yesterday had about all I could take of foot cramps and my little toe being squished and headed to our local Pay less for some roomier footwear.As luck would have it, my local store did not have my size but gave me a list of a few others that had what I wanted. Three stores later after driving in a snow storm ( one of the first of the season where most people don't yet know how to drive so either sped by sliding all over por those who go 10 MPH ) I found a pair of boots that fit. This store also had two pair of regular shoes that were on sale and comfortable so I figured why not. After all this trip for only one pair may not have been worth it but for three pairs.... It definitely was !