I absolutely adore these shoes! I've only had them for 5 days... but I love them to bits! They were definitely meant to be. It wasnt your typical 'try the shoes in, buy them and they're yours' story. My story was slightly different.

I was working on the day I first set eyes on them. And on my break, I don't really have much time to look at shoes properly. But amongst the hundreds of shoes I saw that day, this pair caught my eye. The 'crystal' flowers on each shoe sparkled under the lights of the shop, as if calling out to me to buy them. So I had a quick look, they were quite nice... but I didn't have time to try them on. So I left the shop and continued to look in others.

Of the 7 stores I went into to, those shoes were the only pair that I considered buying. But I was out of time to see if they were confortable enough to buy them (i'm very very picky with shoes). But seeing as it was the first one that I was interested in, I asked the sales girl to put it on hold for me till the next day. She did so but not after she told me that it was the very very last pair they had. The last size 6, the last black one and the last in that style. That tempted me even more to buy them as they were a perfect fit, the perfect colour and the perfect design.

I went back to work... thought about it some more... went home... and thought about it some more... till finally I decided to buy them. So went back the next night and bought my first pair of going out shoes in a long time. lolz. I wore them to my graduation on Sat and got comments about them the whole day. I had made a good choice. And they were really comfortable.
But my happiness didn't last long as on the way home, I noticed that the crystal flower had a stone missing. :( it wasn't THAT obvious... but now that I knew there was one missing, it just didn't feel right. So straight after I got home, I went back to the store to ask if they could fix it or if they could replace it with another one from another store. And knowing my luck with shoes, the outcome wasn't going to be a good one. They called all the other stores in victoria but none of them had that pair. They had been reduced by 50%.. from $80 to $40... no wonder they were so popular.

So I went home... WITHOUT my shoes, but a store credit instead and I was so disappointed. I loved those shoes... even though I hadn't even owned them for 24hrs. Now I could never get the same pair ever again :(


... but the story didn't end there.

The next morning, my dad called me at work saying that he had good news... or maybe bad. He told me that he had found the missing stone and asked whether i could get my shoes back. I was soooo excited that I called the store straight away. The girl who answered went to look for them but couldn't find them in the store room. She said that they might have already been packed away to be sent to the warehouse. Great. I was too late. And I thought to myself, it just wasn't meant to be. *sigh... The girl must have heard my disappointment in my voice and suggested that I could call back tomorrow to see the manager coz she might know which box they are in.

Called back the next morning and the same girl picked up the phone. I describe my situation again and she remembered me. I didn't expect anything thinking my shoes were long gone... but my luck changed! She had looked through the back room again after she hung up the phone with me the first time and FOUND THEM!!! yay! haha... I was so excited! I thanked her a hundred times, hung up and went straight to the store to pick them up. So my shoes are as good as new now! :) no more missing stones... hehe.



my thoughts @ 1:03 PM

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