Rosanna has to work on Beth’s birthday which is November 13th. Since Rosanna can’t celebrate with Beth on her special day, they decided to celebrate Beth’s birthday on the 11th.
Beth and Rosanna are reading to hit the road again; thank God for rain, poor footwear, ½ tank of gas, full tummies, and pumped with endorphins from 5 lb weight lifting, intense treadmill/elliptical movement, and 12 pack abdomen strengthening exercises. On that note we are ready to head to Seattle for our next adventure!! What kind of adventure you might ask??? Shopping…for what??? SHOES!!
We successfully make it to our destination…Road Runners Sports with only one minor detour. We are greeted by extremely HAPPY foot specialists. “Pedro” was our designated foot specialist. He had us run on a treadmill and examined our stride, our foot balance, and pressure points on our feet. Beth discover that she had one foot larger than the other and that her left leg looks like it’s about to shatter every time she steps down on it. Rosanna was re-informed that she has one leg longer than the other which causes her to have back pain, as well as, over compensates on her right leg. The greatest discovery was the arch of our feet. Yes, we have PERFECT feet for stilettos. Go figure!! J
“Pedro” introduced us to our shoe specialist “Pamela”. “Pedro” informed us that “Pamela” talked a lot…we agree!!! J She selected three different types of shoes for each of us to try on!! We tried all of them on multiple times and felt like we were walking/running on clouds!! Side note…the plan for this trip was to buy ONE pair of running shoes. Second side note…tight jeans and north face winter attire should never be worn in a running store with treadmills. J
Shortly after we left the store, we were convinced that several employees could have retired on the amount of money we just spent!! We left giggling and grinning from cheek to cheek with empty bank accounts, arms loaded with three pairs of shoes each, three pairs of designer socks, custom made shoe inserts, and VIP memberships. But wait…we haven’t actually celebrated Beth birthday yet. Okay, I guess its time to spend more money!!
In an attempt to silence our growling stomachs we began the search for food. We make several loops until Beth’s see a big parking lot (so we don’t have to parallel park J) surrounding several restaurants. We see this really good looking Greek restaurant and decided to go there. Greek food is delicious!! The garlic flavor in our mouths was good but a little too overpowering. We thought that some good hot chocolate or coffee would take care of the dragon breath. WRONG!!! The strong flavor remained still after several pieces of MINT gum!!
Beth had the honor of driving too Seattle while Rosanna had special privilege of driving home in the DARK, of course!! We are happy about our successful spending spree…but maybe a little too happy. While pulling out of the big park lot Rosanna suddenly heard “whooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh”…yes that was a local biker that she almost ran over. Sorry about that!! Rosanna must not have learned the concept of looking both ways before entering Seattle traffic…at a yield Rosanna took the right away and received a long pronounced honk from a local. Ooops, second driving mistake of the evening within a matter of a few minutes…but don’t worry it doesn’t end yet. Within a matter of a few more minutes Rosanna almost hit two more bikers and a car at the same time! Sorry dear bikers and local drivers of Seattle! Thankfully Rosanna still has her Oregon plates!! J
We finally found the on ramp for I-5 after several loops around the town. We entered rush hour traffic with a ¼ tank of gas. Good thing Rosanna’s car has good gas mileage. We didn’t want to pay $3.29 a gallon because there just might NOT be enough funds in the bank account for that kind of needless expense. We’d much rather buy another pair of shoes…maybe stilettos this time…or not! J
By the way, we made it out of Seattle…laughing and smiling!! Today was a good day!!! J
FUNNY! Love your blogs. You girls have way too much fun. I need to come visit.
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