Why is it…
21 May 2007
…that your children decide to tell you on a Sunday evening that their school shoes have fallen apart or indeed any other such thing that required your attention some time before 9pm the evening before? I know for a fact that I’m not alone here. I’m only too glad to hear other parents tell me the exact same thing. It’s good to know you’re not alone!
Anyway, my eldest announced that his shoes were indeed almost in bits with the sole hanging off. He didn’t tell me on Friday when he came home, nor on Saturday or Sunday when a shop may have been open. No, he told me when any hope of buying a pair before Monday morning was long gone.
It could be, however, that the poor boy is only too aware of my immense dislike of shopping. He knows that after 5 minutes in the first shop I am snarling and saying far from under my breath that there is never any choice for boys, why is there so much for girls blah, blah. I’m sure people who have daughters may argue here and say the choice is equally limited for them, but as a mother of two boys I know it appears that for every ailse of boys’ clothing there’s at least 3 for girls!
If given a choice I’ll shop online every day. I can sit in the luxury of my own home, coffee in hand and make my purchases in what I consider to be a far more civilised manner. In this instance there was no choice. It was going to be far quicker to find his shoes and have them delivered. Son Number Two had a rugby tournament after school today, Son Number One has an after school activity on Tuesday, Son Number Two has football on Wednesday and my Superwoman skills seem to have left me this week! There’s no way I could get to the shops before the end of the week with the Son required to accompany me: I’d no doubt choose the wrong shoe. Luckily, Son Number One knew what he wanted and even where to find said item, so the old shoes were Superglued to last the next day and this is what we ordered: Camden Dots trainers by Lacoste from JD sports. I realise that they are not shoes, but trainers, as long as they are black and not obviously trainers (if that makes any sense?) the school don’t seem to mind. More importantly, time will tell how long before the next school shoe shop…
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