Shoes

This was a week for shoes. 

I bought Emma new shoes at the beginning of July.  She picked size 7 Hello Kitty sneakers, sandals, and a pair of jellies.  I pulled out, from our trusty shoe box, church shoes in size 7 - remember that number, it will prove to be important - and she was good to go.

Last week, whenever I told her to put her shoes on, she's whine, "My feet huuuuurrrrrtt!"  Um, no.  You just got new shoes, put 'em on and let's go. 

After hearing her whine for a week, I decided that maybe she did need new shoes and took her to Stride Rite for measuring.  The clerk, who looked to be a graduate of grammar school, measured her.  The number made no sense to me, so I requested a second measure.  Same number.  I asked for the more experienced clerk, a grandmother type, to measure her.  Same number.

And just what was that number?

9.  NINE.

Two sizes in four weeks.  Oops. No wonder her feet hurt.  We picked out sneakers and church shoes, and a pair of sandals on clearance.

While there, I had Gabe measured - he needs dark brown shoes for school, and they can be hard to find.  I was in the shoe store, the dark brown shoes were there, and I had a credit card with room on it.  Why not go ahead and buy them. His feet measured the exact same size that they have been for a year - 10.5. I bought an 11, just in case HIS feet decided to grow.  His lack of growth is a bit of a concern for me - since his 5 year check up last Oct, he has gained 1 pound and grown one inch.  I left a message for his pediatrician, but haven't heard yet.  No news is good news, right?  Hey, at least we are getting our money's worth out of his sneakers.

The next night, I took Allegra and Mackenzie for school shoes and church shoes.  They finagled me into slippers as well. I saw some shoes that I liked, but felt too poor to actually get them.

So in three days, I bought 10 pairs of shoes.  Thank goodness that's all we need. 

For now.

Comments

[Theresa]

Wow! I will remember that the next time I complain about buying 3 pairs!

[chris]

I had the same thing happen with my daughter last year. Luckily after I rebought all her shoes she stayed in the same size for the entire winter/spring into summer season.

[NinaKaye]

I'm dreading the school-shoe-and-clothes-buying here, and I only have one to buy for.

[Holli]

And the Hello Kitty ones just went to waste? What a shame - I love Hello Kitty!!!

[Mrs. Fun]

my 5 y/o's feet haven't grown in forever. We HAVE to get our shoes at stride rite due to extra wide feet. Everytime i take him in its size 11. Has been since last summer. I thought for sure he would need a bigger size,nope size 11 extra wide.
I still have to buy JJ and Wy's shoes but i feel broke.
And he has yet to break 40lbs, holding steady at 38lbs. for a yr now.

[Renee]

Whenever I am told that someone's brand new shoes are too small, I go straight into denial. I take it so personally, like, I JUST got a good mother award for making sure my kiddos all had shoes, and NOW its ALL MESSED UP. Fortunately, we have enough children that some one will wear the practically new ones, and mommy gets another excuse to get out of the house. The largest quantity of shoes I have purchased at once is 8.