Shoes and Hawaii

While on the East coast we happened to be walking to something called Edfest where we would learn about all the educational options in Washington, D.C. for our grandson.

Since it was a rather cold, snowy day, I decided to wear my Born shoes that I thought could withstand the cold and wet weather instead of my Merrell Jungle Mocs.

Parking was tight, so we did have to walk a distance.

I thought my shoes were holding up well.

However, when we got into the building, I noticed pieces of black rubber was littering the floor around me.

What the heck?

The entire front sole had just crumbled off! And the sole of the other shoe was cracking also!

This was supposed to be a good shoe. I had to sit on a chair and wait while everybody else got to walk around and see what was available. One fellow stopped by, took pity on me and actually offered to get me some Starbucks coffee. Oh my!

When they were done, I had to cover my foot with plastic grocery bags so I could walk out again. Art and Keola got the car and drove it to the entrance so I wouldn't have to walk far.

I was embarrassed about walking around with a plastic grocery bag around my shoes, but no one seemed to notice... at least they pretended not to.

I was tempted to buy another shoe but decided against it since it would sit in my closet in Hawaii deteriorating away again.

I thought my Merrell shoe was fabulous since I've had it for at least 8 years and have worn it everywhere we traveled. However, at the airport on the way home to Hawaii, I looked down and noticed the front of my shoe coming off.

Arrrghhh!

That's OK. I think I can fix this with Shoe Goo.  At least I hope that's all it will need. I'm just grateful it held on until I returned to Hawaii.