So I have been desperately needing a new pair of running shoes. I came to Boston for a conference, but I also wanted to see some of the sights. The shoes I brought were wholly inadequate. I was in severe pain after doing the freedom trail and walking all over the Italian district in them. Killer :P So the next day my friend Jill and I hit the streets again. By the time we got to Feneuil Hall to check out the Market places some more, my feet were dying. I had called my landlady and asked her if I could pay my rent a little late (I'm hoping to have a nice tax refund come my way) and use my rent money for some shopping while I was in Boston and she said that was fine. So I decided I was going to use some money to buy a GOOD pair of shoes. So I did! I found a running store and got a beautiful pair of heavenly running shoes that I could walk miles in. Oh they are wonderful and I dropped a good chunk of change for them, but they are totally worth it because I will use them well for the next 6 months or so. After a bit more sight-seeing, Jill and I took off to see some more of the conference. I got out of a long meeting with a message on my phone. One of the girls that I met at a dinner of all the associates with our university had called me saying that we had mixed up our credit cards at dinner. We had both bought the same meal and had the exact same credit/debit card. Sure enough, I pulled out my card and it did not have my name on it! Worst off, I had charged my super cool shoes on her card! Luckily she is a paid intern and has a lot more money in her bank account than I do and she took the charges off my card that she had made. When I talked to her later, she said it was cool if I wanted to just wanted to pay her back the next time she was down on campus, which won't be for a month or so. Sweet :D We switched our cards back and all is good, but man it was freaky to know that I was so oblivious that I didn't have my own card :P Pictures of Boston to come soon!
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