When it comes to buying presents, I’m not one of the world’s great innovators. It’s therefore with customary thoughtfulness that I find myself in a shoe shop, in search of a gift for a lady.
After a comprehensive, twenty-three second search, I choose a suitably bland pair of trainers and ask the assistant if she has them in a five. While she scuttles off to the storeroom, I take a seat, feeling pretty smug. On her return, she thrusts the shoes in the direction of my feet, which are the size of rowing boats.
‘You trying these on, or what?’
The Centurion Diaries 
:::snicker snicker:::
Dropped in through St. Jude’s to say howdy!
LOL @ ‘You trying these on, or what?’
I also arrived via St. Jude. What a clever idea for a blog, it works really well.
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Storyblogging Carnival LXV
Welcome to the sixty-fifth Storyblogging Carnival. We had five entries this time, one from a new authors. I didn’t have a lot of time to put into this one, since I’m gone for today and had to get up really early. Still, I’m sure the authors put p…