Every year I trot out (pun intended) my 3 pairs of special holiday tennies. The first pair I ever purchased are Chuck Taylor high tops. For those of you fashion-challenged, Chuck Taylors are Converse brand. I was a little hesitant to purchase them because, after all, they can only be worn about a month out of the year. But they were on sale (it was August) so I bought them and left them in the box for 3 months. They're pretty snazzy - red, green, and gold stripes with gold thread intertwined. And of course, red shoe strings.
My second purchase is my favorite, I think. They're white Vans slip ons with skulls wearing Santa hats. Weird, I know, but I love them!
The third pair is another pair of Chucks, but low tops. They're white, too, with green Christmas trees and red shoe strings. These are the ones I was wearing the other day when the mailman came to my door with a large box. I couldn't get the front door unlocked (rusty?), so I told him I'd open the garage. As I'm standing there by the door waiting for it to go up, I hear him mutter, "nice shoes." Now due to the noise of the garage door going up, I couldn't tell if it was a real compliment or sarcasm, so I said, "Sorry, what did you say?" He smiled and said it again. Nice to know there are "older gentlemen" who can appreciate a cool pair of shoes. Or maybe he thought I caught his unflattering sarcasm and decided to change his mind.
Either way, I'm going with the appreciative old Dude. Merry Christmas to all!
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