The Cheapest Shoes You Can Buy
I recently received a $25 gift certificate from the Temple of Shoes, so last night I went over to see what there was to see. I combed through literally hundreds of pairs of shoes without seeing a single size 5. I was about to give up, when I thought I’d take one last look at the more practical shoes. Lo and behold, a pair of simple, navy canvas sneakers caught my eye. Frankly, I think that $29.99 is high for shoes I remember paying $8 for in the not-too-distant past, but my old ones are several years old now, and very grotty. When it was finally my turn at the register, I was amazed when the total amount of cash I had to shell out was…one cent. Hooray for markdowns!
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August 13th, 2005 at 8:27 am
Now “grotty”. There’s a word I would use thinking I had made it up and in the same context you used it. I had to look it up to find that it means pretty much what I would expect it to. We ought to use uncommon words like that just to keep them refreshed in the language!
August 16th, 2005 at 8:17 am
I’m a writer—they pay me to know *all* the words.