Yesterday on the way to the vet I passed the sock truck. Usually I don't stop here, because I think a person can only have so many cute pairs of socks (truth be told, it's more that I just don't really like their patterns/characters or I'd have bought the woman right outta stock!). Today though I noticed that there were packages of nylons - score! I wasn't REALLY expecting they'd be my size, but what the heck... worth a shot, right?
The woman who runs this particular sock truck isn't all that put together. In fact truth be told, she often walks around talking to herself, she's pretty grubby and I'm not sure if or when she combs her hair, but she is very friendly (even to this foreigner once she found out I could speak Korean) and she loves Maggie.
I figured there was a good chance that the nylons were good-ole'-Korea-one-size (which translates directly into not YOUR one-size big fat white girl!) but I thought I'd ask anyway.
For the FIRST time in nearly 4 years in Korea the saleslady didn't tell me I'm too fat! Instead, what she said (in Korean) was "Oh Miss, you're a little bigger than Korean size, so you should choose from these packages."
I couldda kissed her!
Once I paid her (it was onlny $11 for 10 pairs, holy crapola!) she told me to pick a pair of character socks "service" (which means 'thank you for spending your money here, please take a free gift!') AND, when I got the nylons home: they fit perfectly - three cheers" for the socktruck adjumma!!
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