My Shoes

               Today we baptized my godson Sammy. It was a beautiful day and he was such a good boy today. Afterwards we had a family party and it was nice to see all my extended family. We all had a good time. Ok now that I got the mushy lovey family recap out of the way on to my favorite subject…ME! Being asked to be a godparent in an Italian family is a very high honor, I was bestowed that honor. Nothing is more important to the godmother than the outfit in which we baptize our godchild in. I took this challenge as serious as finding one to baptize my own children. I found a nice light summery dress, and I got it on sale. SCORE!

                Next challenge, the shoes! Apparently finding shoes is a big problem for me for the last two years. Ok here’s a recap, one engagement party, three showers, two weddings, a rehearsal dinner, a baptism, and a partridge in a pear treeeeeeeee. All events I needed to purchase dresses for and also events I needed shoes to go with said dresses. Since I wear sneakers all day every day and I have no strength in my legs to support a high heel this was not an easy task. Sparkly black sneakers were nowhere to be found, flats and flip flops were my only option; until yesterday. I found the perfect pair of wedges to match the dress, on sale! Score again! I wore them today…all day. I now sit here with burning pain running from hip to ankle and back.

                I have a natural talent to turn a wonderful day into a complaint. That’s why you all love me.  Debbie Downer is back. I think I looked retarded but I guess I have one of those fun house mirrors because the consensus said otherwise all day. Thank you to my family for the much appreciated and needed ego boost. The shoes definitely helped. I was up till six A.M. and was very weak today so walking in these lovely shoes was a bit hard. I prayed I didn’t fall in church today. Hahaha, no pun intended. So I made it through the ceremony on two feet and upright. The party is another story, I did have a few trip ups so I ended up in my seat for most of the dinner. And now we are home burning legs, numb hands and all. It was truly a great day though.