Goober of the Day Award: I left the house with mismatched shoes

That’s grounds for firing your butler.

I got on a plane with mismatched shoes once, I was 12 though.

Cordovan > Brown

I had to laugh reading this. About 5 years ago I left my place for a deposition. Before I left, I looked in the mirror and thought, "Damn, looking pretty good today". I had on a grey pinstriped suit; a white BB button down shirt; braces with both dark green and maroon; and one of my favorite bow ties.

I got out of my car at my opponent's office and as I did I saw I was wearing a black tasseled loafer and a brown penny loafer. Nice.

I walked into the conference room and decided that I was going to take the offensive in this matter. I pointed out my shoes to my opponent and he laughed. I told him not to laugh as I had a pair just like what I was wearing back home.

My opponent that day is a good guy and a friend. We argued motions later in that case and he began his argument by saying something like, "I'm just glad that my friend, Mr. Iona, was able to wear matching shoes today . . ." and then proceeded to tell the court and a packed courtroom of my sartorial blunder.

You gotta make your own fun in this world.

My national sales meeting was in Vegas a few years ago. We all got pretty buzzed up at happy hour and I went up to change clothes before dinner.

I made it back down to the main bar at the Venetian and enjoyed a few more drinks and fun with my coworkers.

Finally after a while my manager comes over and ask why I'm wearing one black wingtip and a brown wingtip and got a big laugh. They still mess with me about it. Oh well, Its important to learn to laugh at yourself sometimes. I'm just glad he told me before we went to dinner so I had a chance to fix it.

I’d use this as an excuse to stop and buy a new pair of shoes.