the sandals didn't fit.

[redbird]

I went downtown to try on the sandals I'd bought and had delivered to the Clarks store. They didn't fit, so I returned them, which basically meant picking them up, bringing them to the counter, and telling the cashier I was returning the soes.

I stopped at the Copley Square farmers market on the way home and bought a loaf of bread, a few cucumbers, and a pint of strawberries. Part of why I did this today rather than tomorrow was so I could stop at the market.

Comments

[otter]

I've learned from you it's possible to have things shipped to store - certainly makes for easier returns

[redbird]

This felt easier, for me, because when I have orders shipped to my house, I don't alwaus return lothes that don't fit. "I can just hop on the T" felt easy, even though this "hop on" took some time and required changing trains.

[purplecthulhu]

What is it with shoes these days? I've been the same shoe size for years and had no trouble, but 3 times lately I've ordered to size and what arrived just didn't fit. The last time I ordered 1/2 a size bigger and couldn't even get one foot in the shoe. It's as if they want us to go back to brick and mortar stores again.

[redbird]

I wish it was as easy as going back to the brick and mortar stores. This is what happened when I went to a store in person, tried things on, and nothing fit. The salesperson and I thought that the next half-size up might fit, so they ordered it for me. That's the pair I returned on Tuesday.

Clarks stopped making the sandals I liked, and that fit me, a few years ago, and nothing they make now fits. The problem is that most companies don't make shoes wide enough for me.

Or they make a few that are wide enough, but only in a men's size range that starts a size or more too large for me.

[purplecthulhu]

Maybe breadth is the thing, as I also have quite broad feet, and it's the broad one that had the most problems of late. Fingers crossed we can both find a solution!