New Shoes

As Paolo Nutini so lovingly put it, "Hey, I put some new shoes on and suddenly everything's right" (incidentally, I thought this song was by John Mayer or someone similarly and equally singular and mediocre; who is Paolo anyway?) . Indeed everything is right. Except that these shoes are Converse and are hence about as comfortable as walking with two wooden slats under your feet, or, conversely (haha) no shoes on at all. But, while other girls will suffer the sorrows of high heels to look cute and trendy, I will endure the plight of the adorable Converse All Stars to blend in with the 15 year olds.

Last weekend Marc and Alana buggered off (translation: left) to Thailand for 2 weeks and graciously left us the use of their car. We took the opportunity to go clothes shopping - a mutually hated activity that we've both neglected to the obvious detriment of our pathetic wardrobes. It was a successful trip, another rarity, whereby Kane bought a jacket (yes, Kane actually willingly purchased an item of clothing) and a hat and I got my neat shoes, a shirt, and a pretty scarf (half off!). Progress at last.

This week, sadly, we didn't make much use of Little Red (nickname for tiny red hatchback) and I only have used it this weekend to go into work on Saturday. Boo. I would just like to note that it's a stick shift - which is fine, I can drive one - but the stick shift sits on your left since the driver seat is on the right side of the car. It's not actually as hard as I thought it would be to shift the opposite way to what you're used to, but it was still intimidating to me. At the very least it's made grocery shopping way more enjoyable (the car, not the stick shifter).

Today we hope to go somewhere - anywhere - in an attempt to utilize this rare car-having opportunity. We'll see what we can dig up. My shoes are pretty cute though, huh?