I was at the market today in searches for new boots because my old ones are almost unusable any more.

This is a big market outside the city that is called "tolchok" in Russian what means Pushing - that's absolutely right because there are lots of people there moving between rows and they all push each other of course because there is not too much free space.

I hate going to Pushing with my mother, because we have absolutely different tastes and those visits are always tiring because she stops at things I don't like and I have to catch her to stop on things I like. This day wasn't an exception. But going to Pushing alone is a thing nearly no one does. Three you can buy many things cheaper than in stores but they are all sold mostly in containers so you have to have someone to look at you (mirrors are usually little, everything portable). The additional problem is that my mom expresses her opinions to me very directly and in an hour I had impression that all there is there is a complete shit and was afraid to stop at anything. Not that I'd bought anything we stopped at before it but you know, when you stop at something that you like more than the rest of the mass and all you hear is shit you start to feel uncomfortable about all the goods. Yet, my mom have taste and feeling of quality and the fact I actually wouldn't buy anything even without her saying it's shit is due to her :-) Don't think, I love my mom, I have the best mom in the world, but just doing some things together is difficult for us due to the difference in characters.

Well, the problem in buying any shoes for me consist in the fact I hate new fashion on square and large tips. I like classical pointed tips. But all they bring (or is that all they do???) now is square tipped shoes. Pointed tips are left only on high heels shoes. I have difficulty walking on high heels too because I'm flatfooted. I found out however recently that if the shoetree is right for me (when I can stand on the heel, not on the tiptoes). So seeing the problem I decided I better try to find high heels with good shoetree, because square tips, I can't stand them absolutely, I have an allergy on them (if I wear them).

Guess what??? Three was even no high heels pointed tips shoes in this season - all square tips!!! Well, there were some but of such a no-quality that they weren't even worth a look. I have found about 3-4 models on all the huge Pushing that I would accept but that was rests and no my size. As you can guess it wasn't all adding optimism to my searches. Plus mom adding her bitter strict remarks at rare spots I was stopping at... it was a kind of depression and I was nervous talking to my mom too... well, we decided to part right on the spot and I headed to the buses home.

Guess what now? I saw boots oh high heels, black leather boots (very little leather there at Pushing, mostly all mass low quality low price production although opposite too, just more rare). Well, they had square tips but I was kind of already depressed by that dominance (it's not better in stores in the city, believe me!) but very narrow ones and very elegant look. I hardly could put my foot into them so I took one size bigger than mine and those ones were perfectly to my foot... God, they even have COMFORTABLE SHOETREE! And the price is quite acceptable (just a bit more than my monthly salary at the library ;-/, but thank God it's behind me now :-D - only two more days). I regretted that my mom isn't there to look at me but I tried to reply on my own opinion (who can believe sellers on our country?) and I thought it's damn good boots! So... yes, I bought them! :-)))

When I got home, my mom wasn't there yet. I put on the boots and waited for her... Well, she liked them too and now... guess what? SHE ASKS ME TO GIVE HER TO WEAR THEM FOR 8th March holyday! :-))) And I'm happy - super-sexy boots I've got ;-P

So, as the saying goes - Everything's good that ends good, no matter how was the beginning! :-)