When do you buy shoes for your kids?

SoScrooge

Hi all

When do you usually buy shoes for your kids? We have two boys, 7 and 9. I tend buy a pair each in Jan to last till summer, and then they wreck them during summer hols.

Then another pair each in Aug to last till Dec.

The problem is that there are times when my kids' shoes look out of season.

Anyways......... what do you do? Or, and how much do you pay? Last time I paid £80 for two pairs, nice shoes, leather and all that, but ouch!

thanks.

SoS

domestic_goddess

I don't want to come across like I am getting at you but surely the answer to the question would be when my kids need a new pair of shoes then I buy them? Kids feet grow so quick that if I left it for that ling between pairs then my 2 would be wearing shoes that were uncomfortable and therefore, very bad for their growing feet.

Also TBH my kids shoes would never last from January until August, they would be falling apart.

I buy my DS's shoes from clarks as he has really wide feet and his shoes are about £30+. My DD gets hers from Clarks too but usually from the sale, I actually bought her a pair from Woolworths last month from their value range - £5! They are lovely and are holding up well so far.

BTW, How do Kids shoes look out of season - My DD must be very unfashionable if hers are from the sale range to start with!:eek:

amandada

I buy what they need when they need it!

purplevamp

SoScrooge wrote: »

Hi all

When do you usually buy shoes for your kids? We have two boys, 7 and 9. I tend buy a pair each in Jan to last till summer, and then they wreck them during summer hols.

Then another pair each in Aug to last till Dec.

The problem is that there are times when my kids' shoes look out of season.

Anyways......... what do you do? Or, and how much do you pay? Last time I paid £80 for two pairs, nice shoes, leather and all that, but ouch!

thanks.

SoS

I tend to buy school shoes for my children about 2 weeks before the new term starts in Sept. I bought my daughter a pair last Aug/Sept and she's still wearing them to school!! They cost £25. My son is on his second pair :rolleyes: not because his feet have grown but because the first pair of ant-scuff shoes I bought scuffed within the first week. No amount of polish would make them look decent so I bought a pair of black trainer-types and they're fine, even now.

Like sickofhavingmoney said how can children look out of fashion in school shoes?! By definition school shoes are meant to be practical not fashionable. That's not to say they look bad!! This may be why your shoe budget is so high!

bikerqueen

I only have a little one, but i go to the startrite outlet, this week got sandals, leather shoes and canvas ones for 13 quid all in. bargain.

Becles

I buy them as and when they need shoes, depending on how their feet have grown or if they are worn out (what on earth do boys do with shoes?!!)

It wouldn't bother me if they are last seasons styles. They're just school shoes and as long as they are black, I'm not bothered what the style is.

emma12345

I buy school shoes in Sept, Clarks usually last all year 'til summer if they're not outgrown but the cheaper ones have been known to fall apart before then.

Apart from that I buy my dd pretty pink shoes all the time, she's a girl how can I not!

alwaysonthego_2

I also buy shoes has my children need them and i only buy them one pair usually from Clarks.

Ems*Honie

Kicking out their shoes is apprantly not just a boy thing, my little girl (5) has nearly put a hole in both shoes at the toe as she scuffs them on the floor. They still fit and are only a few months old so she can wait til the new school yr for a new pair, unless she kicks them right the way through. I buy as and when hey are needed and at the start of the school yr.

Lainie75

i cant believe your sons shoes last that long , my son used to wreck a pair of shoes or trainers every 2 weeks to a month no matter the make or cost untill i came across turf football boots which would last him 6 months i even bought him rockports he put a whole in the front after 2 months , school trousers were just as bad they last a week if i was luckily hes 15 now and still the same football mad. i bought him some expensive trainers 2 weeks ago i had to take then to the cobblers yesterday as he'd ripped the sole. i be pleased when he has to buy his own lol i bet he starts looking after them more then lol

*Louise*

I buy my eldest school shoes in August, just before school starts back.

His feet aren't growing so fast now, so they will probably last the school year (he's not into footie) but if they get tight, I will buy new ones. I buy him Reebok or Nike trainers from a sports shop, which he plays in after shcool.

There's no rule as to when you have to buy shoes - when they need them, you buy them.

As for school shoes being 'out of season'...that's a new one to me!:D