We have this beach house - which is TOTALLY AMAZING. It's been in my family since WWII when we had (well, not me) to cover the windows with black paper and turn out all the lights so that the Germans didn't bomb us. We still have a postcard tacked to the wall that says, "No Enemy Would Dare Bomb This Place and End All This Confusion!"
My mom and her sisters grew up at the house and my siblings and I grew up at the house and now my children and their cousins are growing up together at the house and besides all of the love and family and history it's an INCREDIBLE location about 30 feet from the Atlantic Ocean and we are totally spoiled.
Except my feet. My feet are not spoiled. My feet are sore. So EFFING sore. Because they are the feet of a woman who keeps them in soft CROCS all day (Shut up haters, I love my CROCS.)
And on SOME days - I EVEN wear CUSHIONY SOCKS with my CROCS. Take THAT fashionistas!
(Although Twitter hatred - and people of Walmart - has stopped me from leaving the house in my socks/crocs ensemble.)
But I digress...
My feet are spoiled and soft and are not used to walking on 100 degree rocks.
And yet they do.
AND, because my children love to run around at the beach - DARN THEM - I never sit down when I'm there. I bring a chair to hold my purse off the ground and to drape towels on but spend ZERO time in it.
So my feet. OUCH.
And one evening I was lamenting to my mom that my feet hurt and I wanted a foot massager when she said, "You GAVE me a foot massager for Christmas and I've never opened it. Do you want to borrow it to see if you like it?"
(Which is why I no longer waste money buying my mom Christmas presents - I just write her a check - true story.)
So she dropped it off at my house last week but I was so busy with work that I honestly never even took it out of the box.
But we went to the beach this weekend and my feet were SO SORE last night that after the kids went to bed I unpacked the box and set it up.
It was OMG LOUD! But AMAZING.
I was sitting there with my feet in the bath - possibly drooling - and potentially even moaning when my husband walked in. "How is it?" he asked.
I moaned. Between the vibrations and the moaning I think he almost lost himself but then he realized that I wasn't going anywhere and he went to watch tv.
Then my 4yo came out of her room. "What's that?" she asked suspiciously.
"A foot massager." I told her.
"Momma," she whined, "My feet hurt SO MUCH!"
"Go to bed." I said. "You can try it tomorrow."
She went to bed but at 7:10 this morning she came bounding into my room. "Mom, where is the foot massager?"
I got up and set it up for her. She moaned and groaned and raved for 20 minutes until I made her take her feet out. Then my other three kids tried it. They ALL loved it.
Today my 4yo mentioned it to my husband no less than 4 times.
I don't think my mom is getting this thing back.
Well, dang. Now you make me want one.
Posted by: Leandra | July 27, 2011 at 09:13 AM
We're Crocs lovers too. My wife started the craze and the boys and I each have at least one pair. A few weeks back, I needed to walk to the mailbox (down the block from our house) to mail out a Netflix DVD. JSL wanted to come with me. We walked down, saw a neighbor and her little girl and talked with them, mailed the DVD and walked back.
As we approached our house, I looked down. I had on socks and my Crocs! My feet were so comfortable that I hadn't thought to take off the Crocs and put on "real shoes." lol
Posted by: TechyDad | July 27, 2011 at 09:47 AM
I love my crocs!! It's winter here and I wear them around the house with my socks too!! My hubby constantly borrows them ( they bright pink ), as for for foot spas, I have an unopened one in my room, after your description I'm pulling it out tomorrow!!
Posted by: Kat Caldwell | July 27, 2011 at 03:22 PM
I have my hubby give me foot massages. And yes, I gotta admit, my head WAS in the gutter when I first read this post!! -guilty- but carmen misses you!!
Posted by: Jolie the Vibrator | July 27, 2011 at 07:25 PM
I worked at a Crocs store. There is no shame in wearing them everywhere. (Except the office I work in now. They are not permitted.)
They have a million different styles. You should look into some of the sandals and things. You will have less chance of being on People of Walmart!
Posted by: Sierra | July 28, 2011 at 12:50 PM
I have to buy a foot massager too; sounds a bit addictive though. Well, just imagining my neighbor's face overhearing the moaning and groaning 5 times a day is definitely worth the risk :D
Posted by: Valentina@baby quilts | August 04, 2011 at 12:33 AM