They so should take away my "chick lit" card...

Random Reader Quote of the Day

I ADORE ur book "I'd tell you I love you but then I'd have to kill you" it ROX MY SOX...and I'm not wearing sox!!
by Kay, posted on MySpace

No real time tonight for a proper blog, so how about an improper one (cue stupid/cheesy/stand-up-comedian at the airport Holiday Inn ka-ching-ching drum sound to tell you that was supposed to be funny.)

What follows is something that will either A) get me kicked out of the chick lit writers of the world or B) show that the chick lit stereotype is way off-base shoe-wise. You make the call:

As I've said here before my black casual sandals are falling apart. No way will they make it through another summer. Heck, they may not make it through what's left of this summer, so in the ten spare minutes I had today I dashed into the Dillard's shoe department, circled the floor grabbing every black sandal, went to the poor college kid working and said, "I need these in a seven and half or an eight."

To his credit, the kid just said, "All of these?"

To which I replied, "All of these."

Ten minutes later he's still in the back trying to round them up. Another sales girl comes by and says, "He's looking for the last pair."

I said, "I promise I'm going to buy a pair. I swear! See."

Picture me showing her my current shoes.

Two minutes later I heard her in the back, "Oh yeah," she said, "she has to buy a pair!"

So then he comes out looking much like I imagined Lance looking in the toy store scene in Cheating at Solitiare where he can't see over the boxes. Yeah. That was my sales guy.

I tried on the shoes. I hated all the shoes.

I pointed to a shoe on the display rack and asked, "Did you not have that in a seven and a half or eight."

The poor kid sighed. "That's the shoe you didn't get."

Me: "Oh."

Him: "Do you want to try that?"

Me: "Yes. And if it fits I'll buy it."

It did. So I did. So that's today's boring blog.

I bought new shoes and made a college kid want to cry. My life is so full.

Now, back to the Gallagher Girls.


-Ally


ps...in othe news, bookseller chick is raving about my buddy Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Golden. Go check it out.