In the time between my last posts I've gotten some new stuff. Shoes and socks and flower bulbs.
I needed some socks because the socks I had before cancer treatment don't fit well. My foot didn't change sizes but my calves are smaller so my socks don't fit right. I was in Gimme a $5 and in one of their bins was a package with 4 pairs of bamboo socks. Some people have posted about how soft and comfortable bamboo socks are and since there were 4 pairs in the package I figured that I couldn't go wrong. If they were as great as I'd been told, I was getting 4 pairs of bamboo socks for $5? If they weren't that good, I've only wasted $5.
Turns out, they are that good. But I missed out on one detail, they have toes. I've never had a pair of socks that had toes before, is not that bad. Just takes a little longer to put my socks on.
But back to the title, 23 months.That's how long it's been since I got a new pair of shoes. But the pair I've been wearing when I worked outside were falling apart.
I was looking at the website that carries the size I wear. Just to see if I could find something affordable. Note I said WEBSITE. Not websites. It's hard to find anybody that carries Size 9 5E.
When I was young, Thomas Pate said I was the hardest kid to fit he had ever seen.
Getting to be an adult didn't make it any better. But the website had a clearance section. But they didn't have my size.
So I decided to check Amazon. WHOA. They had a style close to what I had looked at priced $32-$109. So I put my size in and voila, they had MY size for $33. From one company. I guess they are discontinuing carrying that brand. Then I search some more and they have another style in my size priced $19-$99. Can I get lucky again? Almost. $23. SCORE!
To help explain how hard it is to find my size. Basically, there are only 3 companies that I'm aware of that make shoes in 5E width. The solution that shoe salesmen suggest is to get a bigger size. That usually means getting a size 10½ or 11.
That's kind of like telling a woman that since they don't have a bra size 36D that she should just get a 40B. The cup size is the same, but it's not going to fit right.
But anyhow, I got new shoes. And saved money.
On the health side of things, I still don't make much saliva. So I have to drink a lot when I'm eating. And spicy foods burn my tongue. Other than that, I think I'm doing great.
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