Gym Junkie in the making August 25, 2005
I went and looked at the gym last night. It’s a pretty basic arrangement. Really just a circuit of equipment in a room. It’s only recently opened and everything, except the exercise equipment, has a kind of cardboardy, impermanent look about it.
The blonde with the drawn-on eyebrows (what makes anyone think that actually looks any good?) was a little over-eager, but I decided to sign up in spite of it.
The women working out all looked very normal and boring, like a group I would comfortably blend into. Everyone wore trackies and t-shirts and the body shapes and ages varied. The cost is not outrageous and I’m on a monthly deal so I can pack it at any time - with 30 days notice. It’s about 10 minutes down the road and I could (if I had my gear with me) go on the way home at night. All in all I figured it can’t hurt to give it a go.
At lunchtime it’s off to look at some shoes. The ones I have are old and, I think, a bit small these days. The potential cost is a bit frightening, but I’ll placate myself with the thought that, if I get good, well-fitted shoes, I’ll get more use from them and have them for years.
Money spent on decent shoes is never wasted.
crikey Helen, don’t tell me you are joining the shoe fetish club populated by Nicky and Danya and I suspect jojof.
Lord save us, CB. No, I just like decent shoes. I have few (I’ve been wearing the same pair of boots to work all winter), but they’re good quality and last a few seasons.
Sadly, for all my obsession, I can’t wear the shoes I really like. I saw the cutest pair of Camper heels today in a shop window and had to restrain myself from going in and trying them on.
Believe me the shoes I bought today are not the sort of shoes I buy to feed my obsession. They are a purely practical purchase. If I tried exercising in the shoes I have I’d just damage my feet even more.
i do have a shoe fetish and i like the volleys. But i imagine that the eyebrows will be drawn a little higher if you wore them to a gym.