I realised at 4pm today that my youngest son has been wearing his trainers for the past week at school as his school shoes had split before half term. I also realised at the same time that he cant wear his trainers tomorrow for Remembrance Parade with St John Ambulance!
This meant 1 thing we had to do a mad dash to Brantano (where I dont like buying from as usually have limited shoes for boys) to buy a pair of black school shoes. I'm hoping that these will last until christmas (or afterwards).
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shoes. Show all posts
Saturday, 7 November 2015
Monday, 6 July 2015
July 6th 2015 - Over door shoe rack
July 6th 2015 - Over door shoe rack
A few days ago I ordered an over door shoe rack as I have pairs of shoes laying around everywhere, not that I am saying I have too many shoes (no lady in a right mind would say that), i'm just saying that they are everywhere and needed tidying up.
Well I ordered the rack, and waited for it to arrive. It arrived this morning. I took it out of the packing and thought I would go and put it up and put my shoes away, as this was the whole point in it. Errrrr no, can't do that as there is NO over the door hooks with it. So I went back to the ebay listing reading to moan at the seller and in the TINIEST font you can see at the bottom it says "hooks not included".
Now what is the point in selling over the door shoe racks without the bits to fix it over the door??? Seriously some people need a reality check!!! It is as much use a mudguards on a tortoise! I now have to wait a few more days until I can get to town to buy some hooks of some sort so that I can actually fix it up like it should be.
A few days ago I ordered an over door shoe rack as I have pairs of shoes laying around everywhere, not that I am saying I have too many shoes (no lady in a right mind would say that), i'm just saying that they are everywhere and needed tidying up.
Well I ordered the rack, and waited for it to arrive. It arrived this morning. I took it out of the packing and thought I would go and put it up and put my shoes away, as this was the whole point in it. Errrrr no, can't do that as there is NO over the door hooks with it. So I went back to the ebay listing reading to moan at the seller and in the TINIEST font you can see at the bottom it says "hooks not included".
Now what is the point in selling over the door shoe racks without the bits to fix it over the door??? Seriously some people need a reality check!!! It is as much use a mudguards on a tortoise! I now have to wait a few more days until I can get to town to buy some hooks of some sort so that I can actually fix it up like it should be.
Sunday, 23 March 2014
indestructible boys school shoes???
DO such a thing exist??? I'm starting this post of the thought of NO they don't!!! And I have very good reasons for believing this. Read on.
My middle son is 8years old, he seems to be dead set on destroying EVERY pair of school shoes we buy him. He has gone through 10 pairs since September 2013, two of which he has ruined THIS WEEK ALONE! I wouldn't mind if he was outgrowing them or they were generally worn. BUT he either sits and picks at the stitching/material on the top of toes so he gets a hole or he is skidding and playing football on the concrete playground and making holes in the sole.
We have had shoes from George, Next, Tesco, Shoe Zone and Brantano. All of which have ended their life very quickly and gone in the bin. I can't say that I remember which particular brand lasted the longest but none have been very long. Admittedly, I don't buy expensive shoes but this is for the reason that he will do the same to them as he does the cheaper ones.
BUT is it any wonder when most of the sole are almost smoothe and have very little tread to start with and are plasticy synthetic??? Where are the thick, chunky rubber or leather soled soles of a few years ago??? Yes, that would be right they cost more money to produce, so our kids have to suffer. Now don't get me wrong I know my son is wrecking his shoes but what use are these plasticy non grip shoes if the weather turns icy??? No use at all!!!
I have just about had enough of it. I started a google search under "indestructible school shoes" and was very pleased to see pages after pages of mums in a similar situation to me, desperate to find a solution to their children ruining school shoes, some in the same way as my son, others through scuffing of general wear and tear.
Well I kept reading and eventually came to a post from an American forum and the suggestion believe it or not was "Skate trainers/shoes!" Not something I had thought of I must admit, but when I started looking and reading more on the subject the soles are much thicker and chunkier than normal school shoes for the reason when used on a skateboard they need to be thick to withstand the pushing motion on concrete! BONUS just what I am after. And even better is when I can find them cheaper than I have been paying for school shoes. They will be being ordered asap.
So as you can see in the space of this post my opinion of "indestructable school shoes" has changed a complete circle from not believing they exist to finding a solution. Lets hope that they work!!! watch out for the update.
My middle son is 8years old, he seems to be dead set on destroying EVERY pair of school shoes we buy him. He has gone through 10 pairs since September 2013, two of which he has ruined THIS WEEK ALONE! I wouldn't mind if he was outgrowing them or they were generally worn. BUT he either sits and picks at the stitching/material on the top of toes so he gets a hole or he is skidding and playing football on the concrete playground and making holes in the sole.
We have had shoes from George, Next, Tesco, Shoe Zone and Brantano. All of which have ended their life very quickly and gone in the bin. I can't say that I remember which particular brand lasted the longest but none have been very long. Admittedly, I don't buy expensive shoes but this is for the reason that he will do the same to them as he does the cheaper ones.
BUT is it any wonder when most of the sole are almost smoothe and have very little tread to start with and are plasticy synthetic??? Where are the thick, chunky rubber or leather soled soles of a few years ago??? Yes, that would be right they cost more money to produce, so our kids have to suffer. Now don't get me wrong I know my son is wrecking his shoes but what use are these plasticy non grip shoes if the weather turns icy??? No use at all!!!
I have just about had enough of it. I started a google search under "indestructible school shoes" and was very pleased to see pages after pages of mums in a similar situation to me, desperate to find a solution to their children ruining school shoes, some in the same way as my son, others through scuffing of general wear and tear.
Well I kept reading and eventually came to a post from an American forum and the suggestion believe it or not was "Skate trainers/shoes!" Not something I had thought of I must admit, but when I started looking and reading more on the subject the soles are much thicker and chunkier than normal school shoes for the reason when used on a skateboard they need to be thick to withstand the pushing motion on concrete! BONUS just what I am after. And even better is when I can find them cheaper than I have been paying for school shoes. They will be being ordered asap.
So as you can see in the space of this post my opinion of "indestructable school shoes" has changed a complete circle from not believing they exist to finding a solution. Lets hope that they work!!! watch out for the update.
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