The other morning, when I went to get dressed for work, I grabbed a clean pair of socks from my sock drawer. But, when I went to but them on, I discovered that there was only one sock and not a pair.

I checked the drawer high and low.  No sock.  I looked on the floor.  No sock.  I even looked at my feet to make sure that I hadn’t already put it on.  (some mornings are like that).  But, no sock.  So, I had to go through the dirty clothes looking for a sock just to get me by for the day.  Luckily, I found one.  So, when I got down stairs, I wrote “socks” on  my grocery list.

Now, I have been buying  the same style of socks for the last 20 years, so, I didn’t think that it would be a problem.  I wanted black, crew, synthetic knit socks, a standard fair in most stores.

When I got to Meijer (regional grocery chain) I headed for the socks.  The first pair that I picked up were a black knit crew 3 pack.  Great!  But wait, they were argyle.  Arrrh.

Now, I buy black socks for a reason.  They go with anything so I don’t have to decide whether the navy would look better.  Plus, I don’t have to deal with the black/navy cross match issue.  So, if I already have problems deciding between black or navy, argyle will drive me nuts!

The next 3 pack that I picked up looked like they were black crew.  But, upon closer examination, they were black, navy and gray.   Since I didn’t want to deal with issues of crossbreeding, I put them back.

Finally, I found a 3 pack of black crew socks.  They were not the kind that I would normally buy but they will do.  After all, I was out of socks and they were black.

I guess that this could be an episode on Seinfeld.