New Shoes

We took the kids to get new shoes for the fall this week at Fred Toenges--a shoe store that my parents took my siblings and I growing up. They had a huge sale this week, buy one shoe, get the second pair for one dollar. Elizabeth's physical therapist recommended that I take her there to get a good pair of shoes and also orthotics since she pronates while walking. Since I usually buy shoes at Target, I thought maybe I would go and look at the shoes  at Fred's considering they would essentially be half-price and they make good shoes, probably much better quality than Target shoes. So, John and I load up the kids and the triple stroller and head over there after the girls got up from their nap. Once we got inside, we took a number and realized that it was going to be about a 20 minute wait until someone would measure their feet and bring out the sale shoes. I guess there are a lot of people that come for this sale! A nice man came to help us and started with Anna since she was in the "cherry-picker" seat. She started screaming after he touched her foot. Next was Kate, same story, and finally, Elizabeth, whom I was already holding because she has been under the weather this week with fevers. I swear the girls are afraid for each other and when they see one cry, the others do too. Kate is so good with strangers, it was weird that she cried. Well, Anna measured a 4 and Kate and Elizabeth measured a 3.5. The man told us the sale shoes started in size , but he had some Stride Ride shoes small enough for the girls that we could get 20% off. Meanwhile, another guy started to measure and mold Elizabeth's orthotics. Jack measured a size 10 and they also thought he pronated and would benefit from an insert orthotic. His pronation was less in depth compared to Elizabeth's, but we decided to have them make one. The whole time I am thinking I could buy two shoes at Target for the price of one of these Stride Ride shoes and we probably won't get the girls' shoes here today. However, after being there almost two hours and figuring out the orthotic situation, dealing with Elizabeth--who was screaming while I was holding her (when I got home I took her temperature--103--at least she had a reason for being so fussy), John informed me that we should just buy the shoes. John is a much different shopper than me. I tend to think things over, try to get the BEST deal/sale, shop around for the best price. He thinks, just walk in get what you want, and buy it. But, he shops once a year and I tend to shop a little more frequently than that ;)Anyway, we did buy all the kids shoes, Jack's were half price and a great deal on a New Balance shoe. The girls--well, let's just say they will have some pretty darn cute shoes this fall. I chalking this experience up to--Sometimes when you have triplets and small things become a large task, you go with the flow and just buy it, even if you  might pay a little more.