Shots, Shopping and Shoes

[silvercamaro]

So, I finally made it to the doctor's office today for a flu shot and a pneumonia shot, one in each shoulder. I was surprised and delighted to find out that I don't have to have another pneumonia shot every year. I will get a booster in approximately 2013. If my body wants Further Adventures in Illness this year, it simply will have to find new and different adventures.

On the way home, the mall distracted me. My total Christmas shopping so far had consisted of one half-hearted visit to Target, where I broke all personal vows and bought an artificial tree. I'm planning to put it on a low table, with all ornaments above Annie's tail height. It won't be above Lizbit's jumping height, alas, but at least she'll have to wear herself out if she wants to be a bad puppy. Anyway, it wasn't any more expensive than a real tree would be, so if I hate it, I can throw it away next year, when Lizbit matures into the dignified, gracious canine I'm waiting to meet.....

At the mall, I went into a store I've never visited -- Payless Shoes. My impression of the store has been that they had only cheap, ugly stuff made of plastic where leather should be. When I was in Denver, my mom's feet were extraordinarily swollen, and she can't even put on most of her shoes. I took her to buy some C width shoes, but doubt that they are wide enough. I learned via the internet that the"wide" shoes at Payless are D width. I also found out that the company is making a pretty good effort to improve their image by hiring some real designers. Example of stuff that I genuinely think is good-looking: http://tinyurl.com/2e2j4c

These shoes are fabric, not plastic, so I don't have to hate.

I found these stretchy microfiber flats for my mom, which (in combination with the "early Christmas" watch I bought her before Thanksgiving) will give her a package to open: http://tinyurl.com/368quc

They were having a sale where if you bought one pair, a second pair was half-price. Since half price of cheap equals nearly nothing, I bought the same style in my own size for days when my feet hurt after long Irish dance sessions.

Bonus: The game store in the mall had Guitar Hero III, which seems to be sold out everywhere else. Nate the Great can keep on rocking.

[kayrharris]

I love successful shopping trips, especially when they include shoes.
Payless really isn't all that bad. I'm glad you could find what you needed.

Good news on that pneumonia shot. I am glad you are taking good care of yourself. Keep p the good work!

[christie1111]

So, I finally made it to the doctor's office today for a flu shot and a pneumonia shot, one in each shoulder. I was surprised and delighted to find out that I don't have to have another pneumonia shot every year. I will get a booster in approximately 2013. If my body wants Further Adventures in Illness this year, it simply will have to find new and different adventures.

On the way home, the mall distracted me. My total Christmas shopping so far had consisted of one half-hearted visit to Target, where I broke all personal vows and bought an artificial tree. I'm planning to put it on a low table, with all ornaments above Annie's tail height. It won't be above Lizbit's jumping height, alas, but at least she'll have to wear herself out if she wants to be a bad puppy. Anyway, it wasn't any more expensive than a real tree would be, so if I hate it, I can throw it away next year, when Lizbit matures into the dignified, gracious canine I'm waiting to meet.....

At the mall, I went into a store I've never visited -- Payless Shoes. My impression of the store has been that they had only cheap, ugly stuff made of plastic where leather should be. When I was in Denver, my mom's feet were extraordinarily swollen, and she can't even put on most of her shoes. I took her to buy some C width shoes, but doubt that they are wide enough. I learned via the internet that the"wide" shoes at Payless are D width. I also found out that the company is making a pretty good effort to improve their image by hiring some real designers. Example of stuff that I genuinely think is good-looking: http://tinyurl.com/2e2j4c

These shoes are fabric, not plastic, so I don't have to hate.

I found these stretchy microfiber flats for my mom, which (in combination with the "early Christmas" watch I bought her before Thanksgiving) will give her a package to open: http://tinyurl.com/368quc

They were having a sale where if you bought one pair, a second pair was half-price. Since half price of cheap equals nearly nothing, I bought the same style in my own size for days when my feet hurt after long Irish dance sessions.

Bonus: The game store in the mall had Guitar Hero III, which seems to be sold out everywhere else. Nate the Great can keep on rocking.

And if you are buying a pair of shoes that aren't on sale, they give you a AAA discount if you are a member.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

So, I finally made it to the doctor's office today for a flu shot and a pneumonia shot, one in each shoulder. I was surprised and delighted to find out that I don't have to have another pneumonia shot every year. I will get a booster in approximately 2013. If my body wants Further Adventures in Illness this year, it simply will have to find new and different adventures.

On the way home, the mall distracted me. My total Christmas shopping so far had consisted of one half-hearted visit to Target, where I broke all personal vows and bought an artificial tree. I'm planning to put it on a low table, with all ornaments above Annie's tail height. It won't be above Lizbit's jumping height, alas, but at least she'll have to wear herself out if she wants to be a bad puppy. Anyway, it wasn't any more expensive than a real tree would be, so if I hate it, I can throw it away next year, when Lizbit matures into the dignified, gracious canine I'm waiting to meet.....

At the mall, I went into a store I've never visited -- Payless Shoes. My impression of the store has been that they had only cheap, ugly stuff made of plastic where leather should be. When I was in Denver, my mom's feet were extraordinarily swollen, and she can't even put on most of her shoes. I took her to buy some C width shoes, but doubt that they are wide enough. I learned via the internet that the"wide" shoes at Payless are D width. I also found out that the company is making a pretty good effort to improve their image by hiring some real designers. Example of stuff that I genuinely think is good-looking: http://tinyurl.com/2e2j4c

These shoes are fabric, not plastic, so I don't have to hate.

I found these stretchy microfiber flats for my mom, which (in combination with the "early Christmas" watch I bought her before Thanksgiving) will give her a package to open: http://tinyurl.com/368quc

They were having a sale where if you bought one pair, a second pair was half-price. Since half price of cheap equals nearly nothing, I bought the same style in my own size for days when my feet hurt after long Irish dance sessions.

Bonus: The game store in the mall had Guitar Hero III, which seems to be sold out everywhere else. Nate the Great can keep on rocking.

And if you are buying a pair of shoes that aren't on sale, they give you a AAA discount if you are a member.

New York and Company and Souplantation do this as well.

[minimetoo26]

Payless is a Godsend for a mom with wide-footed boys who either eat shoes or whose feet grow 3 inches overnight. Too bad Stephen discovered brand names, but Mini-me still likes the Payless velcro or zipper shoes, so he doesn't have to slow down long enough to fasten them. If it's too much trouble, he just goes outside in his socks and they get all holey and decrepit and I buy them by the case.