Tuesday 10 May 2011

The Sweet Smell of a Bargain

I  was in a store a couple of months ago and found some really lovely shoes displayed on the shelf and was startled when I saw the price.  $19.99.  I tried one shoe on. It felt really good.  I put the other shoe on and walked around a bit.  Gee, they were comfy! I wondered if at $19.99 the heel would fall off the first time they got wet.  Oh well, they are under $20.00, I would give them a try.  Box under my arm, off I marched to the check out counter.

Next day, on went the new shoes. 

 Driving to work I noticed a definite smell of gas and worried that perhaps the fuel pump was going on my car.  I arrived at work , grabbed a coffee,  sat at my desk and noticed that the smell of petroleum was still with me.  After thirty minutes or so I had a headache and my nostrils and throat were burning. 
 I decided is wasn't residue from my car.    I took a shoe off my foot and gave it a sniff . 
 Just as I thought - it was my cheap shoes that smelled.  

I had a meeting to attend out of the building  and as I was walking along the street I worried that any small  spark would ignite the gassy shoes and I would burst into flames.

Since that day the shoes have been airing out  on my deck.  
I have sprayed them with Febreze,  I have washed them in soap and water,  I have filled them with activated charcoal.  They still smell like petroleum. 

They are just so cute and so comfortable and so impossible to wear!

$19.99 shoes now on a direct path to the trash bin.  It is a sad day.


This is not my shoe - this is a Jimmy Choo shoe.

2 comments:

Gary's third pottery blog said...

OH MY GOSH! I was sitting there teaching a class a couple of years ago and realized my boots didn't smell too good---oh no! Tres embarrassing. Those guys are good for home dog walking and shoveling snow, I got new winter boots for outside the home---but, frankly, after 8 years? They had earned the right to stink :)

Mark said...

My apologies but I am laughing at your expense.
Your Friend, m.
p.s. I was so hoping that that you actually bought Jimmy Choos for $19.99. m.