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| mattie thai silk flats by rocketdog |
...tried them on, and promptly fell in love with them. Now understand...I generally don't fall in love with shoes. Blame the size of my wallet if you don't believe me. But...when you find exactly the right color, the most comfortable fit, the most luxurious fabric, and the most flattering style--all in one pair of shoes--and that for only $20...well, what else is a girl to do?
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Well, love at first sight or not, since I live in Michigan and it just happens to still be less than thirty degrees outside in January, the prevailing opinion was that $20 would better be spent on boots to keep my "naked feet" warm. So...I said goodbye. My mom brought home a pair of grey suede boots from Target a couple weeks later and, well, I moved on.
(Side note: I've fought the whole idea that wearing flats = naked feet, but a couple days spent slushing all the way across a freezing university campus kind of convinced me otherwise. Boots are actually a pretty happy idea sometimes.)
Anyway.
I stood in line alone at Chipotle a few weeks ago, hungry and ready for my family's preferred carnitas burrito bowl. I don't remember why I was alone, actually. Probably on my way from work to tutoring to school to home or something. Anyway, I was intrigued by a sign talking about the new ABC "America's Next Great Restaurant" show started by Chipotle's founder to give someone with a dream the chance to actually start their own long-hoped-for restaurant--did you know about this brilliant concept?--and I was also intrigued by the opportunity to win a trip to that restaurant and/or a free burrito party by texting a code in to the specified number. I think it was the last day to text in, too.
I'm glad I went to Chipotle that day.
So yesterday I was beginning my day and received a text that said this:
"Congratulations from Chipotle and America's Next Great Restaurant! You texted ANGR to ----- and have won a Chipotle burrito party. Please respond to this text with your name and mailing address so we can send your prize voucher. Thank you!"I WON?!
Funny how something so small can brighten up an entire day, isn't it?
Today I got home from a rather splendid day at school and my dear mother gave me a Macy's bag...in which were the lovely pair of purple silk flats I'd liked so much three months ago. I'm so delighted, I'm wearing them right now even though I have no decent reason to be wearing shoes while curled up in my bedroom. And she got them for $10!
In the Bible, James says that "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." And while it might not be wonderfully spiritual or absolutely eternal, sometimes I wonder if God's little gifts--like delighting in the color of a pair of shoes or feeling a little brighter because of a burrito surprise--sometimes, I wonder if those gifts don't reveal who He is just as much as the greater gifts like forgiveness and justice do.
Maybe sometimes we just need a little reminder to point us to Him.
P.S. I found these while searching for the photos of my new flats...Macy's can put them on sale & clearance any time they want! ;)
