I need to do some shoe shopping. For myself? No. For #2. If he had a superpower I think it would be destroying clothes and shoes. Jeans cannot withstand him for more than a few months and don't even get me started on sweat pants. I don't even bother buying him sweats. He has maybe one or two pair that were for Tae Kwon Do when he was still taking lessons. They go into #1's drawer now to prevent their being worn into shreds. #2 has worn out his second pair of shoes so far since the beginning of the school year. The first pair he had, the bottom just came right off of one shoe. Not a little bit, but completely unglued. I had thoughts of trying to glue it back on, but I just got him a new pair anyhow. This current pair has lasted a little bit longer, but unfortunately the sole is coming off one of his shoes. It is half on, half off. It looks a little bit like his shoe has a mouth. So it looks like I will be making the trip to Payless shoes again. I looked around at Fred Meyer and Ross (the only other two places besides Payless to buy shoes here in town) and didn't find anything that really worked for me. Hopefully he can make due with his half soled shoes for one more day. When I pointed out to him that his shoes were falling apart he said he thinks its because he has been kicking a lot of things with that foot. I decided it was better not to ask exactly what (or who?) he has been kicking. I just nodded and let it go, although I have to admit that I am a bit curious about it.
Speaking of shoes...just how many shoes does a person need? I have noticed that many women I know and my sisters all seem to have a lot of shoes. I personally have a pair of sneakers, a pair of slippers, one pair of church shoes, a pair of sandals that are unfortunately too small, a pair of hiking boots, and a pair of winter boots. That seems like a lot of shoes to me, and yet, I feel unfulfilled in the shoe department. I long for more shoes. We just don't have the room for them. Take into consideration that we have five sons. Each of them has a pair of sneakers, a pair of winter boots, a pair of church shoes, a pair of sandals...and two of them also have cowboy boots. That is 22 pairs of shoes...plus my six, and D's 4 (sneakers, work/church, slippers and boots) brings us up to 32 pairs of footwear. PLUS...somehow #5 actually has three pairs of sneakers that fit him right now, and there are other sundry pairs of shoes around that someone has just outgrown or someone is just about to grow into. Shoes around here seem to multiply. Anyone have any tips for keeping track of them? Or for organizing them? Right now we have a shoe rack. It used to be a rack for Videos to go on, but we converted it and our shoes are lined up in pairs on it (as many as it will hold anyhow).
So Monday I will be adopting two more pairs of shoes. Unfortunately, the school makes each kid have a pair of shoes just for P.E. (to save their precious gym floor) and #2's P.E. shoes were his old shoes that are a half size smaller than his current ones. He complained that they are too tight...so I guess I will pick up another pair to replace those as well. I hope Payless is still having their BOGO sale on Monday!
Speaking of shoes...just how many shoes does a person need? I have noticed that many women I know and my sisters all seem to have a lot of shoes. I personally have a pair of sneakers, a pair of slippers, one pair of church shoes, a pair of sandals that are unfortunately too small, a pair of hiking boots, and a pair of winter boots. That seems like a lot of shoes to me, and yet, I feel unfulfilled in the shoe department. I long for more shoes. We just don't have the room for them. Take into consideration that we have five sons. Each of them has a pair of sneakers, a pair of winter boots, a pair of church shoes, a pair of sandals...and two of them also have cowboy boots. That is 22 pairs of shoes...plus my six, and D's 4 (sneakers, work/church, slippers and boots) brings us up to 32 pairs of footwear. PLUS...somehow #5 actually has three pairs of sneakers that fit him right now, and there are other sundry pairs of shoes around that someone has just outgrown or someone is just about to grow into. Shoes around here seem to multiply. Anyone have any tips for keeping track of them? Or for organizing them? Right now we have a shoe rack. It used to be a rack for Videos to go on, but we converted it and our shoes are lined up in pairs on it (as many as it will hold anyhow).
So Monday I will be adopting two more pairs of shoes. Unfortunately, the school makes each kid have a pair of shoes just for P.E. (to save their precious gym floor) and #2's P.E. shoes were his old shoes that are a half size smaller than his current ones. He complained that they are too tight...so I guess I will pick up another pair to replace those as well. I hope Payless is still having their BOGO sale on Monday!
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I had to go shoe shopping this weekend too. My Number One has grown 2 sizes since buying shoes in November. No. 2 just wore his out. And it wasn't fair to leave poor NO. 3 out. I didn't get shoes for the girl. She already has more than I do. We went to Sears and bought the Sears brand. I told them to wear them out so we can get more and our money's worth!
You used to wear holes in the toes of your shoes when you were his age. I guess you just drug your feet just right--there were always holes in the toes.
You'll have to see if you can find some kind of shoe that is guaranteed for a certain amount of time. I saw somewhere, though I think it was for clothes, that they were guaranteed to last long enough for the kid to outgrow them, or they were replaced. Maybe they have something like that for shoes!
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