Thursday, July 30, 2009

THE Shoes

We have been cleaning and clearing lately, and today was the garage. While we were cleaning it out, I "suggested" (again) that Brian thin out his tennis shoe collection. The guy had 5 pairs around our household! Of course you need to understand that 3 of those pairs were for mowing... So, I proceeded to hold up the pair that was falling apart and the story began. "Bridgette, these are my favorite shoes... I know Bri... I have had these shoes since my first year in college... I know Bri... Did you know these are the first Shox EVER?... Really?... YES, and I loved them so much I went on Ebay and bought the white pair... Oh yeah, they do match... But these are falling apart... Me: Silence... Alright I'll throw them away but these are the only shoes going in the trash... Fair enough..." I thought we were going to have to bury them out by the garden and say a prayer! To match his sacrifice I cleared out 7 pairs of shoes and 11 purses. That sounds fair don't you think? Yeah right!


In honor of thefirstShoxEVER, I have added a picture for your viewing pleasure...


Here is PART of the damage...

I couldn't leave out the sister shoes...

3 comments:

Hays Family 5 said...

Mr. Wonderful has this same issue. I had to make a rule that if he got a new pair of shoes he had to throw out a pair. He then decided he just wouldn't buy anything new. I had to make this rule with everything....shirts, jeans, even underwear. He just can't part with anything.

The Chance Family said...

Shawn (my husband) does the SAME thing. We buy shoes at least every other month since he works in the hospital and walks miles each day so wears them out easily. So, a few times, after getting tired of more "mowing shoes" than we needed, I "accidently" let our dog get ahold of one, and of course than we couldn't keep the pair of them. I know. . . . mean, but they had to go!

Sheryl Kenoyer said...

I remember having to toss out my mowing shoes. I LOVED those shoes! Bridgett - I love your blog and I will be one of your stalkers! I'm so excited for the baby to arrive - your mama is gonna be so happy!