When I first moved out to this Satellite Village, I had to discover what awaited me at each strip mall with two small kids in tow. We lived in a "condo" as the locals like to call it. In reality its an attached town home in a PUD. There are no organic neighborhoods here, everything is a PUD. I remember when I was first working and I learned what a PUD was. I snorted and discussed with my co-workers how sad it was to live in a PUD. Lo and behold, look where I have fallen. But that's not the point of this story.
Anyway, I had to drive around and discover where to buy groceries, where the book store was, what the hell I was going to do to entertain kids in this bizarro world. The Little Ones and I would go "exploring" and just drive around, usually I would get lost since everything looked the same to me. Strip malls and parched hillsides were everywhere. But one thing was constant, Chili's. Yes, we went to Chili's for lunch about twice a week for the first month we were here. I'm slightly ashamed that I let my kids eat there so frequently, but at least they were entertained and they liked the crayons and the brownie sundae. Plus, I didn't like cooking in my nasty rental kitchen with the strange tile counters and the forever dirty looking grout. So I opted to take the Little Ones out for lunch and gorge on french fries and various deep fried foods.
So one day I was enjoying my fried food du jour, and happened to glance at a table across the aisle from me. The woman sitting there during the lunch rush was wearing some Uggs. Granted, they are comfortable and will keep your feet warm. But what I didn't understand was the women and girls wearing Uggs (the boots!) with shorts and tee shirts. Too much of a fashion victim from ten years ago. Seriously, if your feet are so cold than wear some long pants. Why is your entire body exposed yet your feet are ensconced in heavy sheep fleece? Anyway, back to my Chili's Uggs Lady. Sure she was wearing Uggs but not boots, she was wearing SLIPPERS! Who the hell wears slippers out as outdoor footwear? Slippers are made to be worn in the house, as you shuffle along from your bedroom to the kitchen to get a midnight snack. Not for traipsing around to your local fast food restaurant. And she was wearing the scuffs with the open back. Those slippers aren't protecting your feet at all, they are just getting dirty and germy in the back as your shuffle through all the filth on the public street.
First I thought that maybe she was an anomaly and just weird. But noooooooooo, at Little Man's preschool there is a mom who has also taken to this new fangled fad of wearing slippers as shoes. I see her shuffle along (seriously, how can you walk in scuffs slippers?) as she crosses the street with her daughter. And what makes it just so hideous is this woman walks like a duck, her feet are splayed outwards and she shuffles even in normal shoes. So when you throw in the slippers its a total visual affront to my eyes. Than a few weeks ago ANOTHER mom was wearing slippers to drop off her son at school. Seriously ladies, you can put on some real shoes to drop your kids off at school? You are obviously dressed (but that's a whole other story about what constitutes getting dressed out here) and you drove to the school with your child and his/her lunch bag in tow. Yet you couldn't spend the extra 30 seconds to slip on some sneakers, or maybe even some flip flops if you're really lazy and pressed for time. Plus, this is preschool - you're already coming to school 20 minutes late. What's another 30 seconds? Are you so lazy you can't put proper shoes on? And you want to track in filth and germs into your home by wearing slippers all over the place? Why don't you just let your dog poop in your house, because essentially you're sloughing in feces and who knows what else into your home.
The sad thing is these women obviously think they look good if they are dressed in non-sleepwear with slippers. If you're going to give the impression that you woke up late and didn't have time to wear real shoes, than keep your pajamas on so I can have the whole package. Pretend you're late, and not lazy or totally fashion impaired. But this isn't even haute couture I'm talking about, but the basic tenets of fashion. Street clothes go with street shoes, pajamas go with slippers. Didn't your mother teach you how to get dressed when you were little? Don't you also make your child wear shoes with their school clothes? Why even give them the idea that slippers are an acceptable shoe to wear outside? Bad role model and bad example. But what's even sadder is what's deemed appropriate apparel by some of the women out here. That's a whole other story. Geesh, it's never ending out here.
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