What the hell?

Regular readers of this blog will likely know that after several months of planning and searching I just recently bought a new pair of shoes for day-to-day use. For the past three weeks, or close to it, I have been wearing these shoes on an almost daily basis. For the most part I found the shoes to be comfortable and have been pretty pleased with my purchase, at least until today.

This afternoon, as I was putting my shoes and preparing to head out, I noticed that one of my shoes appeared to have some cosmetic damage on the outer layer of the shoe. At first I assumed that I must have some how damaged the shoe, maybe on of my visits to the nearby rock throwing beach. Then, just a few moments later, I noticed an almost identical tear on the equivalent location on the other shoe.



These developments kind of frustrate me, particularly after such a long, drawn-out shoe shopping process. On one hand I am inclined to try to return the shoes (though I don't really have a way to get to Bayer's Lake) because of the apparent design flaw. I think that it is reasonable to expect shoes to last more than three weeks before they start to fall apart. On the other hand, I am somewhat disinclined to do much of anything because of my general laziness and lack of interest is most matters aesthetic. In the end, more than anything else, that I can't easily make it to Bayer's Lake will likely shape my course of action and mean that I do nothing, except buy another pair of shoes sooner than I expected. What a bummer.