{"id":356,"date":"2007-05-28T19:31:06","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T03:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godammit.com\/2007\/05\/28\/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-shoes\/"},"modified":"2010-04-03T00:23:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T08:23:28","slug":"to-buy-or-not-to-buy-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"To Buy Or Not To Buy (Shoes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/jessica-simpson-shoe-ad-021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4589\" title=\"jessica-simpson-shoe-ad-02\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/jessica-simpson-shoe-ad-021-220x300.jpg?resize=220%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/jessica-simpson-shoe-ad-021.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/jessica-simpson-shoe-ad-021.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes in life, one is called upon to make a decision that tests one\u2019s character. And sometimes, you can\u2019t really say how you\u2019d act in a given situation until you\u2019re there. This happened recently to my best friend, who I\u2019ll call \u201cMaxine\u201d, because that&#8217;s her name.<\/p>\n<p>Maxine was shopping for shoes when she saw a pair that seemed perfect. Knowing her, I\u2019d say they had very high heels. She picked them up to admire them. The price was right, too! And then she realized they were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessicasimpsononline.com\/jessica-simpson-shoe-collection.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Simpson<\/a> shoes. Jessica Simpson has a line of shoes that she probably had nothing to do with personally, but they are trendy, cheap, and they bear her name on the insole.<\/p>\n<p>Poor Maxine! She froze in horror, holding the shoe. Yes, it was cute, but how willing was Maxine to compromise her dignity for a cute shoe? Even if no one ever found out, she would know she was wearing a Jessica Simpson shoe. She said it was hard, but she put the shoe down and walked away. Her honor intact.<\/p>\n<p>When Maxine told me this story today in the shoe department at Nordstrom, my heart swelled. She had faced the devil himself, and stood up to him. She had demonstrated good character. She was a Profile in Courage. Sometimes, it takes a Jessica Simpson shoe to show the world what you\u2019re made of. I only hope I could act as nobly in the same circumstance.<\/p>\n<p>I love you, Maxine! If you\u2019ll remind me what size you wear, I\u2019ll buy you those baby-blue Miu Miu\u2019s, even though <a href=\"http:\/\/intogossip.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/new-lindsay-lohan-miu-miu-pictures.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsay Lohan<\/a> wears them in that ad with the red wig.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes in life, one is called upon to make a decision that tests one\u2019s character. And sometimes, you can\u2019t really say how you\u2019d act in a given situation until you\u2019re there. 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