Last Friday, my Mom went to run an errand and Sean was here with me before they drove the van back to the rental place. I had spoken with my Mom earlier that morning about the fact that I needed to buy a new pair of shoes. We were talking and we could not remember when I got them last. It’s not like I am walking on them at all or anything! But my shoes were wearing out so I needed to buy new ones.
But here’s the thing, I have small feet. I have had small feet for my ENTIRE life! So small that one time when Sean and I were living in our second apartment, the tub started to leak so contractors were coming to my apartment to install a bath fitter Tub surround type thing to stop the leak. Sean was not there and how I did it back in our apartments was that I would line up all of my shoes under the desk in the living room. I did that because my rule for teaching was that I would never wear the same chuck’s two days in a row! So, I lined them up there so I could make my decision on which pair to wear after I got dressed out of the bathroom. I had 13 pairs of low top chucks. That’s what I wore to work because it was easier to lift my feet because they were so light. I was still walking on crutches back then. I had so many pairs of chuck’s because I could buy a pair for $20.
So, two contractors come in and one of them says to me, “Oh, you have a lot of kids!” I didn’t understand that question and I told him that I just had one. It wasn’t until they called me into the bathroom to see if I needed the handicapped accessible bar reinstalled in the tub and I walked into the bathroom. I was wearing jeans and my chucks and the man looked at my feet and said, “Oh, those are your shoes!” I laughed when I just realized why he was Commenting that I have a lot of kids. I told them to reinstall the handicapped accessible bar because I am disabled and I use it.
I had to stop wearing chucks when I started working out at Barwis because I was told that those shoes are not supportive of your feet and the work I was doing there was specifically working on my feet! I wore Sheltos in high school so I had some! That was my shoe choice after being told that I can’t wear chucks anymore. Should I stream time is it I donated all of the chucks when I realize that I cannot wear them anymore except for my shiny, purple ones just in case I will be able to wear them in the future!
But, I bought them at Kids footlocker and they were $40. That’s no big deal. When I stopped going to the mall to buy things, I would order them online at Zappos. So, I figured I would order them there. But wait! What?! On Zappos website, I searched shell toes size 4 and they popped up. but, they were not $40! Zappos price was $95 and a double and triple checked that they were size 4!!! that’s insane! So, I searched on the Kids Footlocker website. they were not $95! But only $75! What?! With tax and shipping they were over $80! I told Sean about that and he even said, “Aren’t they supposed to be 40 bucks?! I told him that they used to be! And then my mom came into the house and I told her that my new shoes were $80! And she said as she closed the door, “For those little things?!”
I guess shoe stores are getting wise to the game that 40-year-old women can buy kids tennis shoes!! I guess it was only a matter of time before they started charging adult prices! That stinks!
I remember that one Easter, I bought Sean White shelltoes just like mine and I took a picture of their size difference and it made me laugh! I think I am going to look for that picture!