Shoe Drama

I keep a handy little shoehorn in the drawer under my mudroom bench for quick and easy access while I'm sitting to put my shoes on. Today was no exception, and I was delighted, as always, with how well this very basic, simple device works. After putting on my right shoe, I reached down to the floor (same color as the shoehorn) to pick up the little plastic spoon for the next shoe, but it wasn't there. I bent over and reached around under the bench, wondering how it might have got that far away from me without being able to locomote on its own, but it wasn't there.

Dallas using the mudroom bench to see who's at the door

Ah, I thought, I must have automatically put it back into the drawer without thinking, so searched through it, also without success. I stood up and walked away from the bench, checking the floor all around. It was nowhere to be seen. That was a little disturbing - I felt as if I were losing my mind, searching the same old places again and again, but ... I eventually found it ... in the last place I looked (obviously!)

It was sitting snugly and comfortably in the back of my right shoe, making itself completely un-feel-able! What a silly ding-bat I am! I probably left it there on purpose so I didn't stand on it and crack it.

This also happened, but not to me - what are the chances?

P.S. No  one was injured in the documenting of these incidents.