I just bought a new pair of shoes. This is only my 3rd pair as I’m not really a fan of collecting shoes. I got it with a 40% discount so it was supposedly a good buy. I had my sights on the red version (pictured below) but I went home with a blue pair instead.
The thing that I hate the most about shopping for shoes is that retail stores here in our country barely have my size on stock. So imagine my delight when I found out that they have my size on the red ones. But of course, with my luck, things were too good to be true. The pair that they gave me, which was also the last set, was of poor quality. It had spots of dried glue everywhere. From afar, most of them weren’t noticeable except for one, which, unfortunately, is at the front tip of the right shoe. Every time you would look down at it, that dark spot will be the first thing that you will see. And its not just any kind of stain that you can easily get rid of, believe me, I was trying to scratch it off for a good 5 minutes or so. With no luck on the glue stain, I ended up purchasing a blue pair instead.
What’s weird is, I can’t find any pictures of the blue model on the internet! I hope these are not fake! I paid good money for these. Haha…
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And as if that wasn’t enough, when I asked my brother to buy me a cheap pair of flip-flops for daily use (my four year-old ones finally turned to dust), he got me a pair in bright green. Yeah, bright green. Some people may look good wearing this. I’m just sure I’m not one them.
Oh, well… I’ll just have to convince myself that I like these new purchases. I can still have the flip-flops replaced but the amount of money that I would use to return to the mall would be enough to get me another pair. This is just another sunk cost fallacy trap waiting to be tripped.
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If I can’t control my urges. This will be my next mistake:
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