I think I broke a toe today.
It's been a bad week for my feet. My podiatrist told me they look like they belong to a professional dancer- a nice way of saying they are really screwed up. (I'll admit that I kind of took that as a compliment seeing as how I used to be obsessed with ballet). I forked over $100 for shoes that supposedly are more supportive. They gave me horrible blisters today.
While I was limping down the cracker aisle in Safeway, trying to prevent my heel skin from touching the inside of $100-piece-of-crap shoes, I noticed my favorite crackers had been moved to the top shelf. Now, being short sometimes has it advantages. I never have to worry about wearing heels and being taller than the guy I'm dating (Actually, the real reason I don't have to worry about that is because I never seem to be dating anyone). I can buy kids' jeans and they are cheaper. But being short is NOT an advantage in the grocery store.
I really wanted this box of crackers. You know them- Vegetable Thins. They were my favorite when I was a kid. I haven't had them in years because I now read food labels and know they contain PHOs (partially hydrogenated oils)- heart attack in a box. But everyone once in a while, I will double check to see if maybe, just maybe, they've removed the PHOs.
I tried standing on my tippy-toes. Still too short. I tried standing on the bottom shelf. Nope. I decided to jump for it. Bad move. My $100 blisters made me hesitant when I came down to land and I ended up jamming my left second toe into the ground. Six hours later, I still can't bend it. And I never got the Vegetable Thins.
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