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A few days ago, I tried ordering New Balance sneakers from Zappo's; they arrived the following day, but aren't even close to fitting.
So, this morning I went back to Marathon Sports, and asked if they had a record of the order I'd placed and cancelled in April, so I could save time. They looked it up using my phone number, and the employee said it was a Brooks Adrenalin size 8 and a half.
I told her at this point I don't care about color, and she brought me a pair in boring gray and white. I tried it on, it was a little snug, and she went and got the 8.5 wide. That fit, as far as I could tell in a few minutes in the store, so I bought it and came home. I asked about other colors, and while the company makes them, Marathon Sports doesn't carry those, so if I ordered through them it would be final sale. I said thanks anyway, I'd wait a few days and see how well they fit. If I do order another color, it will be through Zappo's, because they do allow returns and online shopping is more convenient than going to the store to order something for delivery.
On the way home, I stopped at the stationer in Harvard Square (Bob Slade), and discovered that they had sold out of the reusable shopping bags we like, and can't get more. So I bought a few pens and came home.
It's a hot day, but not unbearable for a short while, so I went into the garden and harvested enough lettuce for one last home-grown salad. There are about enough leaves left on the plants to put on a sandwich or two, but I wasn't expecting to still be harvesting lettuce on July 15. The cucumber plants have a few small fruit, and I'm hoping to be able to pick one in the next week or two. I thought I'd seen two tiny tomatoes on the cherry tomato plant a few days ago, but didn't see them yesterday.
I hope this means I overlooked something, and not that the squirrel is going to eat them all. As far as I can tell, neither the local squirrel(s) nor rabbits are interested in lettuce, and they don't seem to be interested in cucumbers, but the squirrel keeps biting off the flowers or just-forming fruit on the few strawberries that survived the winter.
So, this morning I went back to Marathon Sports, and asked if they had a record of the order I'd placed and cancelled in April, so I could save time. They looked it up using my phone number, and the employee said it was a Brooks Adrenalin size 8 and a half.
I told her at this point I don't care about color, and she brought me a pair in boring gray and white. I tried it on, it was a little snug, and she went and got the 8.5 wide. That fit, as far as I could tell in a few minutes in the store, so I bought it and came home. I asked about other colors, and while the company makes them, Marathon Sports doesn't carry those, so if I ordered through them it would be final sale. I said thanks anyway, I'd wait a few days and see how well they fit. If I do order another color, it will be through Zappo's, because they do allow returns and online shopping is more convenient than going to the store to order something for delivery.
On the way home, I stopped at the stationer in Harvard Square (Bob Slade), and discovered that they had sold out of the reusable shopping bags we like, and can't get more. So I bought a few pens and came home.
It's a hot day, but not unbearable for a short while, so I went into the garden and harvested enough lettuce for one last home-grown salad. There are about enough leaves left on the plants to put on a sandwich or two, but I wasn't expecting to still be harvesting lettuce on July 15. The cucumber plants have a few small fruit, and I'm hoping to be able to pick one in the next week or two. I thought I'd seen two tiny tomatoes on the cherry tomato plant a few days ago, but didn't see them yesterday.
I hope this means I overlooked something, and not that the squirrel is going to eat them all. As far as I can tell, neither the local squirrel(s) nor rabbits are interested in lettuce, and they don't seem to be interested in cucumbers, but the squirrel keeps biting off the flowers or just-forming fruit on the few strawberries that survived the winter.
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I've successfully worn New Balance men's walking shoes in size 7.5, same width as whatever I needed at the time. But I suspect it may vary shoe by shoe.
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