Quit Yer Bitchin’

So I finally took someone’s advice from a few months ago. Went to Zappos and went shoe crazy. With fantasies of fun footwear I searched and selected. For days I played with the variables: height of heel, size, width, color, price and style. After awhile a 2″ inch heel looked the same as a 4″ inch heel and I couldn’t really tell the different between beige, taupe and tan. It was time to buy. If you are curious I selected Clarks Divine (pictured here), rsvp Sally, N.Y.L.A. Zahara and Charles by Charles David Justice. I sent all but the Divines back. Sally was just silly and the other two were the wrong size (go figure). The good thing is, I now know Clarks’s 5 is not N.Y.L.A.’s 5.

But, it’s not just about the shoes. This was the first time in my life I bought something with no intention of keeping it. I wasn’t about to spend $400 in shoes. I just wanted to do a little research, find the brands and sizes that appealled to me the most, and send them back with the knowledge that when I do want shoes like them, I know exactly what to get. I’ve never had the courage to return things. Remember the pedometer that counts steps if I got something out of my pocket? I should have returned it. Instead I buried it in a dresser drawer. I have it still.
Funny. I can complain about mayonnaise on my sandwich, a receipt in my salad, a piece of wire in my pulled pork, no creamers for my coffee, but I can’t kick up a fuss about anything else I buy. This experience with Zappos has taught me that it’s okay to look. It’s okay to buy. It’s even okay to return. Never mind that someone had to go through the trouble of packaging and shipping all those boxes. Never mind that they have to repackage my returns. That’s their job. The very fact that I can return shoes without hassle has made me a customer for life. In fact, I’ve quit bitching about shoes all together and ordered more.