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Ass-Over-Teakettle

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So Kim had a marvelous idea to go to the theater and see Wicked before it leaves Boston. I've never been to the theater, and hadn't been out-and-about in Boston in years, so needless to say, I was thrilled!  We went to the Thursday night show. It was a coincidence that an audit was scheduled for work that day, so I wore my favorite dress and Manolo Blahnik patent-leather-and-linen Mary Jane's. At the end of the day, I slipped on the cheapy pair of black ballet flats I keep in my drawer as just-in-case shoes, and tucked the heels into their shoe bag to put on again later. I dashed to the train station, parked, scurried in, bought my ticket and waited five minutes for the train. Two stops before I had to disembark, I swapped shoes. As I buckled the strap of my Manolo's, I noticed that the bottom of the shoe had started to peel away from the heel. Since the actual heel wasn't split, I finished buckling the strap and slipped my flats into the Manolo bag. The