When in Korea, BRING YOUR OWN SHOES!

As much as I always wanted to believe it was a myth that "Koreans have small feet." I have learned the hard way that this statement is EXTREMELY TRUE. In america, I have size 8.5 feet. Not even that big! Well you would think I am BIG FOOT here when I go into a store and try on shoes and they look at me like I am an alien with world's biggest feet. Basically, if you are over a size 7.5 here, you might as well not even try to shop for shoes. Well since I wait til last minute to do everything, I also waited until last minute to pack the night before I moved to Korea. Thinking "oooh I'll be home at Christmas for my winter boots, and fall and winter shoes, or my parents can just send them to me." Wrong. I will not be home for Christmas and I have learned it is very expensive to ship anything to Korea so I began my "Hunt for shoes" about 3 weeks ago. Just as I was about to give up, after hundreds of horrified stares in the shoe stores from the workers, I was out wandering around one night with two of my friends when we saw a Zara. I figured ehhh, let's give it a try and see what they have. I remember they had a Zara in NYC and London so I figured maybe they would have "normal" size shoes! Well, you would have thought someone just told me I won a million dollars the way I reacted when I walked in and tried on a pair of heels. THEY FIT!!!!!!!!! I wasn't going to look homeless and barefoot this winter after all!. The next thing you know I have about 6 pairs of heels and boots and a winter coat in my hand and am literally running around the store. My friend Amanda had to calm me down and talk me out of spending my entire first paycheck that we waited a whole month to get. I literally had to take a breath and realize this store would be here for the next year, so I could always come back to buy more shoes if I needed to! Needless to say, I compromised and walked out of Zara with two new pair of heels and a very nice and warm winter coat! 

As I said before, it's the little things over here that I really am beginning to appreciate!! Like finding your shoe size!