But the year isn’t even up yet! Dang! At the beginning of the year, we bought T1 a super cheap pair of school shoes which lasted all of 3 weeks. The moment we washed it, it shrunk and she could no longer fit her big feet into them. A real shame as they were the prettiest white canvas Mary Janes. Off trotted the Hubs into Adidas to get her PROPER white leather sneakers. We bought them slightly larger and she really did look like Ronald McDonald in white. They didn’t have any more feminine looking girls shoes unfortunately. We figured, okay, perhaps if we paid a bit more, the shoes will last?

Nonsense!!!

They have lasted 7 months. Yes, 7 short months. Is that the shoe life of children school shoes these days? We’re talking Adidas here. There are holes everywhere where the upper shoe has detached itself from the rubber sole thus if she stepped into a puddle, her socks would be drenched. I was livid! The Hubs suggested that perhaps it is the way she walked (backwards?) or who knows what she got up to at school. Kick boys? Remove her shoes to use as a pencil eraser? Glide on walls? Who knows indeed!

Now, we’ve got to go on a shoe hunt again. I wish that school wasn’t so strict and allowed the kids more flexibility for shoes. As it stands, the girls shoes have to be absolutely white without any logos or colour. If they become a prefect later on, they can switch these to black leather shoes, again without any logos showing. But what would really be perfect was if they allowed girls shoes to be lighter in weight, yet durable; looking simple but pretty at the same time.

Maybe I should be a school shoe designer! Seriously, if you’re concerned about your child’s feet and what they’re covered and protected with, watch this video to educate yourself on how you should find the right size shoes for your child’s feet. Too big and you’ll have problems. Too small and you’ll still have problems. And problems like pigeon toed feet, flat feet, ingrown toe nails, painful feet, deformed feet etc are seriously problems I can live without!!!

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