Jack's new shoes
John and I are constantly discussing what Jack got from me and what Jack got from him. For instance, he got my soft hair and blue eyes. He got John's tan skin and low waste. Really, Jack is the perfect John / Jen blend *grin*
But poor, poor Jack got his daddy's fat slab feet. And I have come to the conclusion and have accepted the fact that over the next 16 or so years, John and I are going to be spending A LOT of money on shoes to cover these big feet. For sneakers, it's not too bad. They generally run wide to begin with and most stores - even the cheap ones like Target and Walmart - carry sneakers in wide or even extra wide sizes.
But for dress shoes, it's a whole 'nother story. I can't simply walk into Target and buy a cute pair of $9.99 loafers that fit Jack. There's no way I could stuff his feet into them. So for one pair of shoes that he will wear once a week and will fit him for about three months (or one clothing season, if I'm lucky) I must spend upwards of $50.00. Fortunately, the doting grandmother agreed to fund his church shoe wardrobe once I started bringing Jack to church in his sneakers.
So yesterday after the movie and lunch, we walked into the Children's Shoe Boat in the mall for new church shoes. I found a few cute pairs that I liked, but they were all to tight - even in extra wide sizes. Finally - we found a pair that fit him! *I* didn't think they were tight at all - not in comparison to the others. The velcro closed all the way - no fuzzy stuff showing! For me, that's practically LOOSE! But the sales lady said they were still too tight. She didn't have any suggestions for what I should do to cover his feet, since NONE of the shoes in the store were wide enough to accomodate him.
I told her I thought they were fine - the velcro closed all the way - and they would stretch a bit once he'd worn them once or twice. I have been dealing with his feet since he was a year old. And sometimes I had to buy shoes that seemed a bit too tight at first, but my experience was that as long as he didn't complain, the shoes stretched out soon enough with him wearing them and it was fine.
She said he would get blisters because they were too tight. And I told her that he wouldn't get blisters because I didn't think they were too tight. So she said, "Well, it's your decision to buy them if you want him to get blisters. (as if I want him to get blisters) But I'll have to mark on your receipt that they were too tight so you can't bring them back for a refund when he gets blisters from them." UGH. Seriously, if I wasn't so desperate for these shoes, I would have told her where to put them. Instead, I just said, "I'll take them. Thanks." Way to make me feel like an abusive mother.
But poor, poor Jack got his daddy's fat slab feet. And I have come to the conclusion and have accepted the fact that over the next 16 or so years, John and I are going to be spending A LOT of money on shoes to cover these big feet. For sneakers, it's not too bad. They generally run wide to begin with and most stores - even the cheap ones like Target and Walmart - carry sneakers in wide or even extra wide sizes.
But for dress shoes, it's a whole 'nother story. I can't simply walk into Target and buy a cute pair of $9.99 loafers that fit Jack. There's no way I could stuff his feet into them. So for one pair of shoes that he will wear once a week and will fit him for about three months (or one clothing season, if I'm lucky) I must spend upwards of $50.00. Fortunately, the doting grandmother agreed to fund his church shoe wardrobe once I started bringing Jack to church in his sneakers.
So yesterday after the movie and lunch, we walked into the Children's Shoe Boat in the mall for new church shoes. I found a few cute pairs that I liked, but they were all to tight - even in extra wide sizes. Finally - we found a pair that fit him! *I* didn't think they were tight at all - not in comparison to the others. The velcro closed all the way - no fuzzy stuff showing! For me, that's practically LOOSE! But the sales lady said they were still too tight. She didn't have any suggestions for what I should do to cover his feet, since NONE of the shoes in the store were wide enough to accomodate him.
I told her I thought they were fine - the velcro closed all the way - and they would stretch a bit once he'd worn them once or twice. I have been dealing with his feet since he was a year old. And sometimes I had to buy shoes that seemed a bit too tight at first, but my experience was that as long as he didn't complain, the shoes stretched out soon enough with him wearing them and it was fine.
She said he would get blisters because they were too tight. And I told her that he wouldn't get blisters because I didn't think they were too tight. So she said, "Well, it's your decision to buy them if you want him to get blisters. (as if I want him to get blisters) But I'll have to mark on your receipt that they were too tight so you can't bring them back for a refund when he gets blisters from them." UGH. Seriously, if I wasn't so desperate for these shoes, I would have told her where to put them. Instead, I just said, "I'll take them. Thanks." Way to make me feel like an abusive mother.
posted by Jennifer Kirk at 5:10 PM
2 Comments:
Wow....Just Wow...
You should have asked her for a customer survey thing..and said...well then I'm just gonna have to mark on here what a snot you were!
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Awww, I used to go through something similar with Caitlin, she had really narrow heels. Lots of times *if*, (big If) I planned ahead I had to special order them for her. Most of the time I didn't think ahead.
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