Birth Control in Shoes

I left work a bit early yesterday, anticipating that I have sims the rest of the week. On my way home, I decided to go to Academy to buy a swim cap. While I was in there, I decided to go look at the shoes and see if anything was on sale. This was a good idea, because I got some new softball cleats, which I rather needed. That's not the point of this story, though.

It was about 4:30 in the afternoon. The entire shoe section was full of parents and kids. And whining. Every kid I passed was whining to his/her mom/dad about how the shoes weren't the right color, or felt bumpy, or "I really need them NOW". One dad was very fustratedly trying to get his son to say something other than "it's bumpy". (Turns out that bump was the arch of the shoe!) Another mom was fighting with her daughter about the color of her socks, of all things, and the girl was just blubbering in the most annoyingly whiney voice...

I swear, 5 minutes in Shoes is enough to set a girl's biological clock back months. OK, maybe weeks. Of course, for me the alarm started ringing 2 years ago, so a couple weeks isn't going to matter much.