Shoe envy

Life is not fair. I have known this for a long time. But occasionally I realize it all over again and I just have to say it out loud. I was in the first grade when I saw the first pair of cute shoes that I had to have. They were on the feet of Nicole Downs--the girl who sat behind me. They were white hightops with pink, yellow and turquoise hearts on the side. They were perfect. I asked her where she got them and she told me. As luck would have it, I needed a new pair shoes. So I told my mom I had found the pair I wanted and asked her to take me to the shoe store to get them. So we went to the shoe store. I found the kids section, saw the shoes and started looking for them in my size. Before long I discovered that not only did they not carry them in my size, they didn't carry ANY cute shoes in my size. Because in the first grade I wore a size 4. In women's. That was the day I found out that I had BIG feet. It was a devastating realization. Mostly because I wanted the cute high top shoes. And instead went home with a plain pair of white grandma shoes.

Having big feet wasn't always bad. There were a few times in school when I won the Bigfoot contest and got a big foot shaped donut or cookie and a little extra attention for having such big feet...But I would have definitely traded those few treats for a smaller shoe size any day! Over the years I have been disappointed several times when I could not find a cute pair of shoes because they did not make it in my size...which is holding steady at size 11. I really need an 11 1/2 but since they don't make that size and there are less shoes that are cute in size 12 I decided that 11 is my size.

So in the last couple of weeks I have been seeing lots of cute shoes on the feet of girls I see all the time. I asked Madi's kindergarten teacher where she got her darling green bow sandals and her answer: Kohl's. So then yesterday at church I saw another darling pair and asked the woman where she had gotten them and she said..."Kohl's... And they were so cheap!" So this morning I was in Kohl's looking for a shirt for Jeff. So on the way out I decided to check out their shoe section. Well it was a gold mine! There were TONS of darling shoes and sandals...and lots of them were 80% off! Here, I took pictures:

Not crazy about the crochet but the mint green makes them awesome! And they would look sooo cute with the new mint green maxi dress I just got from Target.

 Mmmm... Turquoise and adorable Love, love, LOVE!

My picture does not do these justice-- they are 3 shades of aqua... They also had these in brown, silver and white...and they were 8.99. Plus another 15% off that. Crazy. They were my faves and I was ready to buy them in every color. But of course guess what the largest size they made any of these sandals in? Thats right...10. Ten. TEN! Really? So it was a goldmine as long as they actually made any of the shoes in your size. big sigh.

So I'm super jealous of everyone with normal sized feet! But the good news is...today I found out that they make special shoes in size 15. At least my feet aren't THAT big! :)