The shoes not taken

My mother visited recently, along with my cousin and his wife. One day we were having a lovely time on the beach until we returned to discover someone had taken our shoes -- all except for my mother's little blue polka-dotted slippers! I've never had anything like this happen on the beach before, though I'm constantly leaving my sandals beside walkovers when I'm out taking photos.

I am very appreciative that the culprit left my mother's shoes behind so she didn't have to walk across hot asphalt to the house, but we've had many laughs since that mother's blue polka-dotted shoes didn't make the cut for the sandal thief.