It is worth it...

Saturday at the Mall i looked for fall/winter shoes. I love my high heels but they are not very snow friendly and they don't keep my toes warm. I don't make a lot of money anymore so my budget is a lot tighter than it used to be so buying more shoes is out of the question.

My suegra took me to the Mall to shop for boots, i should have never said that i needed them, we looked in every shoe store and deparment store at the mall, thank god for the small Mall.

I found this really cute shoes (above), not me at all but perfect for the fall. They are soo comfy and cute. I also found cute boots, for only $15.

My suegra is the nicest person I have met in a long long time. She is polite, clean and so dedicated to her life as a mother and as a wife. The one thing about her that bothers me is the way that she is always trying to connect with my culture; not because she is trying, but because she tries the wrong way. I wish that she would understand that my culture and heritage are only about 30% of who I am, not the whole me. For example, I wish that she could understand that I don't buy retail, unless it's something absolutely neccesary, i wish that she would understand that I don't wear prints in any way, not broided, not painted, not sawn together. I wear plain colors, and not just any colors, most of the time only black, pink, red and gray. But she insist on trying to make me like her or like the mexican version of her.

JJ and her were talking about me in the phone, she told him that I was nervous when i bought the shoes, because i was afraid of what he would say. Yes, i have had to adapt to a married life, mostly because JJ has a very tight budget, but I wasn't afraid of what he would say; mostly I was afraid of not having enough money to buy a lunch during the week. When i explained that to him, he asked me "is it worth it?" Yes, a good pair of shoes is worth not having lunch for a couple of days. They last longer than a lunch anyway.