I just bought my oldest another pair of Brooks Addiction, size 11. He goes through about 4 sets of running shoes a year. Dang those things are not cheap.
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04-09-2007, 04:03 PM #1
Sell crazy someplace else
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04-09-2007, 04:12 PM #2
Don't whine
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We have a Brooks outlet about 15 miles from me. (Brooks was based here in Bothell, WA. Now that Adidas owns them I don't know how much connection they still have with Bothell, but they've still got an outlet store!)
Beasts for $80, Addictions for $70. Not as cheap as you can sometimes find on Sierra Trading Post or buying them through a PT clinic (50% off if the clinic participates in the Brooks professional program), but worth it to get the right shoes right now!
I can't believe how much feet grow! And how fast! And how TALL SKnot suddenly got! He's as tall as me now! I swear last month he was still shorter than me!
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04-09-2007, 06:25 PM #3
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when my older son was that age (the one you met with a beard)
He sat and whined one day that he couldn't put on his shoes. we thought he was just being obnoxious...and argued with him. but he was serious. His feet had grown.. we took him to the shoestore barefoot.
But it wasn't 3 sizes, it was 1 1/2 or 2.
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04-09-2007, 07:06 PM #4
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I took SKnot to the shoestore in a pair of my Chaco sandals, with his toes hanging off the ends!
Originally Posted by mimitabby
His feet had grown.. we took him to the shoestore barefoot.
I was trying to get him to put on clean socks, and he complained that the socks hurt his feet. YUP, he'd outgrown a pair of SOCKS!!! He hasn't outgrown socks in years! Now I gotta weed out all the size medium socks he still has, and start buying him more large socks."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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04-09-2007, 08:10 PM #5
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outgrowing shoes, and socks even! Well, once again I'm happy to be "mother" to two dogs and two cats!! No shoes to buy here!!
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04-09-2007, 08:36 PM #6
What's next? A half iron?
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My 9 year old now wears only one size smaller shoe than me...
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04-09-2007, 08:39 PM #7
"She's a little dense"
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What the heck are you feeding your children?
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