Cinquain and Shopping Pain

My sweet husband has planned our valentine night on his own, and I asked him not to tell me what we were doing so it could be a surprise. All I requested was that he let me know how to dress!

He responded that I should wear the little black dress he gave me for my birthday, (necessitating the purchase of new shoes since my good heels broke in January), which in turn led to a shopping trip last night. What a bummer: a real need to shop for shoes :)

We embarked on our shoe hunt together and tackled 3 stores before we were done. I usually know what I am looking for, get it, and get out. However, I was battling the desire to play it safe (plain black heels, classy, but ordinary) and get really sassy (red pumps, or other fancy display). Tough decision for a traditionally, "don't draw attention" Kari.

The first store had both red and black. But I couldn't convince myself that I could pull of the red shoes. I really wanted a pewter heel to compliment such a classy dress, and I refused to settle at just one store.

We ventured to another store (found a brown pair that I loved, but had nothing to do with my formal attire) as well as two possibilities. Still not convinced, we walked to a last store and found the third, completely different option.

Here's the deal: All three were pretty. Two pairs of high heals--one shiny black, and the other tri-colored (black/silver/white) with an aesthetic color overlap. The third pair had a shorter heel, and was an open toe, strappy dress sandal with tastefully placed diamonds: silver.

My husband tried to follow my desperate thought patterns: "It's a short dress that really needs a heel. But the silver is classy. Yet, they cost too much! I could get the black and white and silver ones for a lot less. And when would I wear these silver shoes again? But they are so pretty! I don't know, I really think I need a taller heel."

In the end, I decided I simply could not be at peace with any one shoe until I had seen it with the dress. We bought all three (the silver costing more than the other two together) and I will try them on tonight with the dress, and take two out of the three back to the store on Sunday!

In an effort to express my shopping pains, I have written the following poem (Cinquain):

Heels

stylish, uncomfortable

accessorize, decorate, transfigure

every black dress necessity

femenine