call from the cemetery

RED WEDGES

On Saturday last, Lancelle a recent retiree was all dolled up looking chic in her black and white accentuated with red wedges. She was off to a breakfast gala at one of the posh hotels where a contemporary was being honoured. It was a sunny clear day and she planned to change her red wedges for a black pair of shoes in order to attend a funeral afterwards. When I spoke to her later that day she explained that the program had dragged on and she was not able to make it to the funeral service and by the time she got to the graveside the burial had taken place and people were dispersing. It was at this point that I got the call from the cemetery. Lancelle wanted to tell me I should come for these "blasted" red wedges because she had fell and hurt her ankle on her way into the hotel. I am still unclear why she called from the cemetery but perhaps it was her frustration at having completely missed the funeral and the pain of her twisted ankle; but whatever the reason for the timing, I am now the proud owner of the red wedges. A word of caution, take extra care when stepping in pumps, wedges, platforms or heels of any kind as falls and injury at any stage in life must be avoided at all cost.