My New Friends

I wrote about giving up my favorite shoes, Sperry Top-Siders.  I thought you all would like to see my new friends.

They are a lighter shade and fit my now thinner foot.  And they have sparkles.

I love my gold and brown rawhide ties. There are gold sparkles on the sides and the tongue.  A girl has to have her bling.

They are beginning life with me in a variety of places.  They have been to the Kaiser lab, to the Marriage Factory, and out to eat.  May they have as great a life as the recycled Top-Siders. 

Good bye old friends

They have been with me for over 25 years.  Together we have cleaned house; gone to parties; worked the AIDS Walk; flown to Kentucky, Hawaii, Vegas, San Diego; walked miles, gone to the ER; volunteered with first graders . . .

I love these Sperry Top Siders.  I wore them all the time, they cleaned up good for over 20 years. They lately began to fall apart, seams broke, rawhide replaced, soles paper thin, and the insides worn out.  Tonight they go out to the recycle bin.   Beside being pretty much worn out, after my weight loss they won't stay on my feet.  My old friends have become dangerous for me to wear.  

Good bye good and faithful friends.