Well, I love my crocks and you couldn't take them away from me for all the tea in China. Today, I went back to 86th street (where I bought my black ones for $2.99) hoping to buy a pair in white and hot pink. (I do wear hot pink, now how silly am I at my age, but who cares - woo hoo!!!).

Anyway, when I last bought this pair, there was a table FILLED WITH MANY COLORS OF THESE CROCS. Because I really didn't know if I would like them, I only bought the ones in black. STUPID ME!!!

I went there today, and there was no more table in front of the store. I went inside, pointed to my shoes, and asked, "where are the crocks"? The lady takes me over to a little table and there are maybe 5 pairs left. No white, no hot pink. Just purple and little ones. None in my size at all.

There are different crocs too!! By that I mean, a black pair in these, are totally different (in the feel I mean), then lets say, another black pair.

The ones I presently wear are nice and cushiony. The ones they sell around here, well they are too low on the floor. I want a bouncy feel and my crocs do just that. I could wear them all day and feel just fine (as a matter of fact, that's exactly what happened today). I walked and walked and you really don't know you are wearing ugly shoes because they are so comfortable and airy and they are springy. Don't know how else to describe them. The toe box is big and airy and roomy. It's like they have their own air conditioning. And I do not wear them with socks. Never have. Don't need do. The best thing about my being able to wear these is that I wear them as a slide. So that I just sllip my feet into them and I'm out the door.

Last night, a neighbor saw me walk by and she said "Melody, how can you wear these things, I know everybody is wearing them (and she whispered), but they're so ugly". I said "Yeah I know, but once you have them on, they're not so ugly, believe me.". We all laughed.

I must find more of these (the ones I own I mean). I had no idea there were so many different varieties of these kinds.

We go to the podiatrist tomorrow (Alan is going to go to a wound treatment center for the ulcer, so we have to talk to his podiatrist about this.), so at Kings Plaza Mall, there is a (I don't know what you call the people who sell stuff in the mall, but there's a big STAND with hundreds of crocs hanging, in all sizes and colors. Alan's going to kill me tomorrow.

lol

Melody