Wow that made me happy

I keep things waaaay too long.  Again, for those of you that don’t know, I’m cheap or frugal as I like to think of it.

Yesterday I got out of the pool and per usual put my flip flops on.  These flip flops  I had bought while I was in high school.  I am now 38.

I purchased these flip flops while I was on a summer diving team that was filled with really cool kids.  They were cool because they were REALLY talented and some were REALLY cute and some were just REALLY a-holes that just thought they were talented and cute.  I got to dive with these people for the summer and at one of our meets there were vendors selling wears.  All the cool kids seemed to have Sensi sandals, so I too had to have them.  If my diving wasn’t good enough, at least I had the sandals.

So I bought them.  All these years they have never fit right, just a touch too small.  But far be it from me to throw something away that is perfectly useful even though it isn’t perfect.

Yesterday, when I put my sandals on and took my first step toward the showers, one strap snapped.  It broke.  When I looked down and saw that the sandals that I had headed to the showers with after swimming and diving for 23 years finally fucking broke, a smile so big broke across my face and all that ran through my mind was, Thank God…FINALLY.

When I replace them I’m going to make damn sure they fit because I may be 61 before I buy a new pair.

Filed under The Ultimate Cheap Ass | Comment (0)