A few false starts, and then I felt like Rosie the Riveter, ready for anything
“Ma’am, why do you have a shoe on your hand?”
“That’s precisely why I’m here.”
To keep it brief, my daughter’s brand-new shoe lost its central rhinestone on the first wear. Luckily she brought the wayward gem home, and I tackled the repair with gusto and some Krazy Glue. It seemed like a straightforward fix.
Following the package directions, I applied the glue to the stone, positioned it correctly, and pressed my finger on the stone for the requisite 30 seconds. The rest of my fingers held tightly to the shoe from the inside.
I didn’t notice that a tiny amount of Krazy Glue had gotten on my index finger, so when I released my grip, the rhinestone stayed put, but so did my finger — inside the shoe.
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