Sunday

[pbray]

The sticky, muggy weather continues with the added bonus of a tornado watch in effect until 3PM. Tornadoes being extremely rare in these parts, when I saw the warning I immediately double-checked it on another weather website, to confirm that it wasn't a mistake.

Been a busy weekend-- Friday night was First Friday and dinner at the Lost Dog with friends. Yesterday I worked on copyedits for the ur-bar project, and then went shopping. I spent OMG on a pair of shoes for the summer--but the moment I put them on they just felt right. It's hard to find any shoes that work with orthotics; harder still to find open-toed summer shoes that meet that criteria. But the cheap shoes I had bought from a chain store at the beginning of May had blistered my feet badly, so I knew I needed to do something.

I'm rationalizing that even though this pair cost 2x what I would normally consider my limit, they are fully repairable, and should last for years. And the shoe store's price was competitive with the best deal I could find on the internets. Still I suspect it will be a while before the sticker shock fades.

In the meantime, I've got errands to run, then co-conspirator Josh is heading over this afternoon so we can collate the copyedits. Fun!

Comments

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Well, the orthopedic shoe companies do make stuff like that, but nothing narrow. That's a problem I've always had, too -- 7 1/2 narrow + 3E. (If I didn't wear the brace, it would be 3AAAA, or something like that, but OTOH, w/o the brace, the shoe wouldn't stay on at all. Ortho shoes tend wide because they're assuming braces or inserts.

I'm off to check Red Wing.