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Note to self: Look yourself over in the mirror before you leave the house.

And pay attention to your shoes. Make sure they, I don’t know … match.

Walking out of Starbucks this morning, I looked down and noticed that my black sandals didn’t match.

Left foot: Wide, built-for comfort sandal that I’d bought this weekend.

Right foot: Slim, dressier sandal that the sandals I’d bought this weekend were supposed to replace.

Both were sitting next to the door this morning, and I must have just slipped on the first sandals my feet found.

At this point, I had three options:

1. Embrace the shame. Go to work with the mismatched sandals and hope no one would notice.
2. Scurry home and accept the shame of being late to work (again) while wearing shoes that match.
3. Buy new shoes.

Having selected (b), I had gotten in my car and had started backing up when I realized that I was right by a CVS, and (c) might actually be a viable option.

So I reparked the car and dashed into the drug store, seeking out their seasonal aisle, currently stocked with beach gear. Finding a marginally work appropriate pair of flip-flops was going to be a challenge. As I picked through the bins of shoes, I realized that finding a pair in my size would be even more of a challenge.

Straw thongs with blue striped trim? Right size, but doesn’t match my green top. I turned up my nose at the $10 pricetag on a pair of slides with a cheap white vinyl strap and a foam base that was painted to look like wood.

I finally dug up a pair of brown plastic slides that didn’t offend me (or my wallet). Fairly innocuous, and hopefully not at all attention-grabbing. They even vaguely look like sandals … from a distance at least. It’s worth the price, though, for the temporary peace of mind. Increasingly self-conscious about the mismatched shoes I was wearing, I headed up to the counter with the plastic shoes, hoping no one would notice my feet.