Lately, Emma has taken to telling us stories full of woe about her lack of footwear! She already has more shoes than her mother but is convinced she needs a sparkly pair of pink flip flops and new black shoes because they are almost too small. Paul told me that just a couple of days ago she was telling him about all the shoes she "needs", all eight pairs of them! This would be in addition to the 8 or 9 pairs she alreadsy has! It doesn't matter if we are going grocery shopping, if she hears we are heading for a store she asks if she can get a new pair of shoes. It was heartbreaking for her when I bought new shoes for the boys for school and she didn't get any. They needed them, she didn't. Not to mention the fact that I had just bought her a pair the week before!
I don't understand where she gets it from! I for one, hate shoe shopping and am perfectly content to have a 2 or 3 pairs for each season, including dressy shoes. I know I am abnormal but that's the way I am. Soooo, the only thing I can figure out is that she gets it from her father, who has consequently bought most of my shoes too, because he hates it when I steal his! (Don't worry, my feet are not freakishly large, his feet are small.)
I worry about the teenage years! We can't afford to have a shoe-a-holic, not to mention the closet space!
I don't understand where she gets it from! I for one, hate shoe shopping and am perfectly content to have a 2 or 3 pairs for each season, including dressy shoes. I know I am abnormal but that's the way I am. Soooo, the only thing I can figure out is that she gets it from her father, who has consequently bought most of my shoes too, because he hates it when I steal his! (Don't worry, my feet are not freakishly large, his feet are small.)
I worry about the teenage years! We can't afford to have a shoe-a-holic, not to mention the closet space!
4 comments:
Looks like she has more shoes than me too. I'm with you, I hate shoe shopping...and clothes shopping in general for that matter. She is a cutie though!
What a silly girl! I think she does get it from the Bruderer side. My mom is the same way as you, she just goes mainly for comfort. But my dad....he has a bazillion pairs of shoes. He ALWAYS has new shoes on! I also love shoes. I have to box them up seasonally and put them in storage. Rory says when I get a new pair from now on I have to throw another pair away! I just bought a pair last night-regularly $80, I got them for $21! I was so happy! I've already given an old pair to BEcky for the sake of my new shoes.
I say "Let her have 8+ pairs of shoes". I love shoes too and I think I have at least 8 pair in my closet. All I can say is BOGO. That's how I afford my shoes. She will never outgrow the need for lots of shoes. They have to match, you know?
A girl after my own heart!
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