An Observant Mind: cute new kicks!

a couple months ago i was on an overnight in minneapolis. since i was there for such a long time, i decided to venture over to the mall of america. i remember visiting once before while on a college band trip and not really being too impressed. it seemed like there were multiple versions of the store. the main store, the outlet, etc. but, seeing as i had hours to kill and there's not much else going on around the minneapolis airport, i chose to waste a few hours walking around the four, 1/2-mile tiers. (plus shopping is tax-free!)

i wasn't searching for much in particular and chose to window shop more than anything. one of my stops was at the DSW (designer shoe warehouse). walking up and down the aisles, i spotted these babies.

cute and reasonably priced, i thought about snagging them. but i told myself i didn't really need them and walked on. before i even left the mall, i knew i made a mistake by not buying them.

i stared at the picture several times and even looked for them at a couple other stores. last week g and i went on a mini-shopping spree downtown and went into the puma store. they had my shoes!! i quickly grabbed them and asked for an 11.5! sadly, they were left with two pair...one for tiny feet and one for gigantic feet.

then, i was thinking about them the other day (is it sad that shoes were on my mind so often?!) and thought to myself, "hey, look on zappos.com!" and there they were. staring at me, priced well and available in my size. i didn't even think twice about it and ordered them right away!!