Apr
10
2007
Truth in advertising
Author:When I first placed my online ad on Yahoo Personals two years ago, I tried to make myself sound as geeky and unattractive as humanly possible in hopes of deterring the kind of guys who prefer Barbie clones.
An excerpt: “I have more books than shoes, wear minimal to no make-up, and I’m apt to be found with my nose in a good history book than Cosmo.”
Somehow, a brief stop by Wild Oats yesterday for faux grilled chicken patties turned into an hour’s browsing at the DSW Shoe Store where I picked up four pairs of shoes (three from the sale rack!) to add to the additional two pairs I bought earlier this month.
When I called Brandon to let him know I had been sucked into a swirling shoe store vortex, he commented on my apparent insincerity.
“You know, the only reason you have more shoes than books is because you have hundreds of books,” he said.
It’s closer to more than 1,000 books actually, which, I figure, allows me, oh, about 980 more pairs of shoes.
