Couches, Clogs and Cars

  I've had the same couch since 1968; it's been reupholstered twice over the years and sorely in need again.  Cost-wise, it's not a good deal, but I can't find another sofa I like as well as that one.  I have one pair of shoes I wear all the time; they are Clark's clogs, the kind of shoe worn by Minnie Mouse.  They are not a fashion statement by any stretch of the imagination, but they are the most comfortable footwear I can find.  I buy replacement pairs, but have to ease into them gradually until the older pair falls completely apart.  Our wedding-gift spatula finally split apart and was discarded.  We have about seven attempts at replacement, but none of them works as well.  I deeply treasure  the faithful and familiar: I realize that. So why, oh why, did I think I could adjust to any car other than my almost ten-year-old Taurus!