Kte
Mummy to Chloe & Sophie
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She has 2 pairs of soft shoes from tesco's but I have yet to pop them on her and I have been eyeballing some cruisers on the clarks website just to start looking. I'm crying at the prices but want to get it right for her feet! I think I need to start introducing the ones she has soon a little each day so she is used to them on her feed as she loves to stand on the bus station chair so when she is even more mobile I can see her wanting to wander about more!
Me too, I flat out refuse to pay $15.00 for a pair of baby shoes that she is going to outgrow in 3 months.
Over here is a thing called consignment. Basically it happens twice a year. You get all your baby stuff (I'm consigning all Autumns new born stuff and baby toys this year), and take it to a big second hand kids sale. You get 70% of the sales, (Organizer gets 30% which she puts to charity)
Its where I get all Autumns clothes/shoes/toys from. This time I'll consign all her winter newborn stuff and I'll buy 12 to 18 month winter stuff and toys. I get stuff for a 1/4 of the price in the shops. The lady that organizes it is strict with qulity of stuff she accepts so it looks brand new.
For example, I got the shoes for $2. I got her jumparoo for $15.00 (normally $90 brand new), high chair for $18, normally $70 brand new)
The way I see it is, what is the point on wasting my money on brand new stuff when she out grows clothes in a month, she gets bored of toys in a month, you know?
Totally agree about second hand stuff, most of Chloe's things are second hand, good quality stuff. I suppose they do the NCT sales and that over here but think you have the better bargains! Was amazed at some of the prices you mentioned in the original Bumpkin thread!
I'd love right now $15! They are bloomin' approx $34 (£22.00) from Clarks. I just can't afford that every 3 months! Still struggling selling my bloomin' silvercross at £85 quick, things are £300 brand new, I got mine from a friend 'cheap' but not '£85.00 cheap'!

Did you measure Autumns feet by yourself? My one and only worry with second hand shoes is when you wear some else's shoes you can feel where the other person's feet has broken in the shoe so I'd rather she got as new as possble (and as cheap as possible!) so it doesn't affect her walking development. I'm prob just over thinking this!

