Shoe Surprise

This morning as I stepped into my shoes in preparation for my walk, my toes met with a huge lump in the front of my shoe. I wiggled my toes around, but nothing changed. I thought to myself that it was just my insole bunched up and proceded to take off my shoe and fix it. I stuck my fingers into the toe of my shoe to straighten everything up and was not met by folded rubber. I was met by slime. Yes slime. As I recoiled in terror and wiped my fingers onto the floor mat beside me I had to sit down and think for a second. What could it be? My shoes were stored on a wooden shelf in the garage. I had just worn my shoes two days before. I had never had this problem before. As you can imagine, I let my mind wander to the most hideously disgusting thing I could think of as I sat there shaking in disgust on the stair. "Is this enough to make me not go for my walk?" I thought to myself. Over and over I searched my mind to think of a way to solve my problem without running around screaming and squirming at the thought of what could be in my shoe.

After a few convincing thoughts about how silly it was to be so scared of something so tiny it could fit in the toe of a shoe, I slowly loosened the laces on the shoe being careful not to shake it too hard. I didn't want whatever was inside to be alarmed and possibly lash out at me with it's slimy grossness. I carefully slid my finger under the back of the insole and pulled it out. Nothing. Now what? Do I dare look inside? How in the world is something so silly and small making my fingers shake and my heart audibly beat in my ears?

At this point I decided I would be brave. I loosened the laces just a tiny bit more, spreading the shoe apart and forcing myself to look down into the toe. WHAT WAS THAT? Did I just see something move? Yuck. After some more convincing, I quickly tapped the heel of the shoe on the cement floor and forced myself to keep my eyes open as the offending slime monster instantly appeared in the heel of my shoe. There it was, staring right at me.

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WHAT WAS IT?!?

Did I live? Yes. Is my heart still beating faster than normal? Yes. Will I tell you what was in my shoe? No...

Why? This is my first blog giveaway! All you have to do to win is comment on this post. Tell me what you think the slimy thing in my shoe was and the first person to guess correctly will win! I will also randomly choose a second winner to receive a duplicate prize.

The winners will be announced next Monday so you have up until then to enter. This contest is open to anyone with a mailing address within The USA or Canada. (If you are elsewhere, and I personally know you, you can play too!) Only one entry per person, and please include your email address in your comment using this form: blahblah(at)yadayada(dot)com or email it to me using the contact button on my profile.

WHAT'S THE PRIZE?

The prize is all about my favorite things. Just to list a few: coffee, a package of scrapbooking/card making goodies, five of my handmade cards, seashells from the local bay and chocolate.

Contest Closed, click here to see the answer and who won!