Picked up some shoes. Ei-Nyung & I decided to go check out the mini-outlet mall that’s a little south on 880 from us, and we ended up at the Nordstroms Rack. I’d been looking for a pair of Puma Mostros for a while – two of my coworkers have variants of them, and both say they’re the most comfortable shoes they’ve had.

Of course, since it’s an outlet store, they don’t have a lot of variety, and for the most part, the varieties they have are the least favored ones. The only ones I could find for a good while were the laceup ones in white, and the velcro ones in a weird reddish color. The laceup ones were fine, but I was looking for the velcro variety. On my last run through the section, while Ei-Nyung was grabbing some shoes for herself, I happened across the white and blue ones, which weren’t say, pretty, but also weren’t explicitly ugly. The ones pictured are ripstop, but the ones I got were leather. Indeed, they’re quite comfortable, and instantly feel “broken in” due to some open bits on the sole that are designed to flex with your foot. Very comfortable, very light, and a little weird looking, but not entirely unattractive.

Also picked up a canvas jacket at the Old Navy outlet, and some drab painter’s jeans. Oh, and an orange shirt. Not bad, all told, for a total of… $88. Given the shoes retail for $110.

Other than that, today consisted of going to the farmer’s market, finding our neighbors have a BBQ stand there (which was fantastic, incidentally), having some samosas, picking up some greens and some corn, and walking around a bit. Had a little ghetto picnic with the samosas under 580. Gotta love it.