I have extremely bad feet. I am not talking about the gross kind. I mean that I had surgery on my feet when I was 25. Every time I take a step, I sheer off part of my big toe joint due to the way my legs and hips are formed. Sounds painful? It is. Nonetheless, I am what the old people call orthotic dependent. I can’t go barefooted and if I don’t have my orthotics in my tennis shoes, I can’t walk without pain. I have 1 pair of tennis shoes …read more

Do me a favor and vote on the latest poll about how much you spend on shoes and I will let you in on a small shoe dilemma I am having.  But I don’t want to influence your vote in any way so I will let you know the dilemma in a few days.

Stride Rite has it’s final clearance going on in the local stores until July 11th. So if you like their shoes, get out and shop now. Otherwise you will have to pay full price again and I would never recommend that. HAHA!

I just received an email about a 3-day sale at Sears.  One of their deals is that they have their clearance shoes buy 1 get 1 free.  The sale is Friday through Sunday.  You may want to stop by the store or shop online to see what else you can find.
Later, Friday evening:
We only had about 20 minutes to shop at Sears tonight, but I got 6 pairs of shoes for $25.  Yay!!!!  Here’s a picture of some really cute shoes I got my daughter.  These were $9.99.  I got 2 pairs of these, 1 for my little girl and 1 for my friend’s …read more

Stride Rite is having their annual Spring Pre-Season Event in their local stores. I wish they would do it on the internet though. The sale is a buy one get the second pair 50% off. Not a bad deal if you like their shoes. Have a good time shopping! The sale runs through March 18th.

I was tipped off to a clearance sale on summer clothing at Hamrick’s.  Well, Monday I decided to go to Hamrick’s to check it out and I am glad I did!  They were running a sale of 70% off all orange sticker items and the second orange sticker item was just a penny!  Yes, I said a penny. 
Here’s what I got:
2 pairs of women’s sandals (1 pair was by Bare Traps)
2 pairs of girl’s sandals
4 pairs of boy’s shorts (1 pair was swim trunks)
1 boy’s Izod t-shirt
2 girl’s hats
1 girl’s 2 piece outfit
And I got all this for only $27!  …read more

Just in time for the heavy-duty gift buying weeks, W.A.T.C.H. (World Against Toys Causing Harm) released its “2006 Worst Toys List”. Before you go out and spend your hard earned money, you should be informed of toys that are considered unsafe for your children.  Take a look at the list below.
1.  Heelys – These shoes have removable wheels and turn children’s shoes into inline skates.  Potential for blunt impact, spinal and neck injuries.
2.  Z launcher:  turbo water balloon launcher - Can turbo launch water balloons 100 feet with direct hit accuracy.  Potential for facial and choking injuries.
3.  Pram decoration-blossoms – This …read more

I can’t stand the new mentality of teenagers that says that if your shoes cost less than $80, they aren’t worth wearing. Who teaches these kids this? Whatever happened to the thrifty challenge of making your wardrobe look like a million bucks but only costs maybe $30. You hear stories about people being robbed on the street for their clothes, shoes, and jewelry. Why, I ask… Why?!?!?!?!
And then there are the stars that endorse a particular shoe that costs $100 or more. I won’t mention anybody by name :cough: Jordan… So when I heard …read more

Some of you may know that I am also a teacher.  (Well, I’m teaching part-time right now while the kids are little.)  Anyway, Belk has given the schools coupons to sell as a fundraiser.  The coupon books are $5 each, but each book contains a $5 coupon, as well as some other coupons for 30% off, 20% off, etc. .  I decided to head out to Belk tonight to try and sell some more coupons for my school.  While I was there I found some great deals.  I did some shopping using the $5 off coupon and the 30% off coupons.  I purchased …read more

Everybody knows that I wear a children’s size 2.5 shoe.  I catch a lot of grief for it and that is ok.  Besides, I like to pick on my friends about getting to shop at the “big girls” shoe stores.  So I found it ironic that I wandered into the local Birkenstock store today and found some really cute sandals on sale.  It’s not like I could wear them.  But they were regularly $200? (I can’t remember the exact amount) and now they are on sale for $90.  I count that as a great sale.  They had a cool little …read more