to be shocked at the price of childrens shoes, (I know I am, I think) but going to moan anyway!!!

[HappyNewYearFeet06]

Lol, its that time of year where we queue for hours to get our dc's new shoes for school.

My 2 yr old dd decided she would grow too so she needs new shoes too. She is too narrow for Clarks so one trip to Startrite and £34 later, eeeek!

Still need to get 2 pairs of school shoes and new uniform for ds who is going to a new school.

Ho hum, I feel better now!

[BoysAreLikeDogs]

Is grim, I agree

[georgiemum]

His cost more than mine (that goes for clothes, food, haircuts and DVDs too).

[HappyNewYearFeet06]

Oh I am glad someone does!

I don't even spend £34 on my own shoes!

[WorzselMummage]

I spent £65 in Clarks this morning.. depressing.com.

[HappyNewYearFeet06]

Ooop cross post! At least its the same for us all

[HappyNewYearFeet06]

Oh worzel depressing.com indeed.

i took dh with me to Startrite as he never buys the dc's shoes and I wanted him to experince the 'joys' of childrens shoe shopping and to see the costs!!

[HappyNewYearFeet06]

My ds wears what he likes now he is older but I have always had them fitted when they are younger.

Plus dd walks funny so she needs all the help she can get!

[georgiemum]

I don't remember shoes being so expensive when we were kids - or were they?

[HappyNewYearFeet06]

My parents only ever bought us shoes for between £10-£15 at the most and that was from the cheap shoe shops. When I was about 11 my mum had to buy me Clarks shoes as I had low ankles and none of the cheap shoes were any good. They cost £22 and she was horrified and told me not to tell my siblings how much she spent on me!!!!

[ShowOfHands]

Clarks don't fit dd either but we have a Start-rite factory shop here where shoes are £8. The styles are limited but as somebody who doesn't give a flying monkey about fashion and cares about my shallow pockets, it's brillig.

[crochetdiva]

Mum & Dad always bought us Clark's shoes as kids too - and they were about £25 then (I'm 37 now) ... the fact that ds's shoes cost me £28 isn't too bad I don't think!

[HappyNewYearFeet06]

Ooh Startrite shop sounds good. I have just found a pair of boots for the autumn/winter for dd too but that is another £35.

[AvenaLife]

Jones the bootmakers did have some 25% off discount vouchers if you nag them, these help. I'm not sure if they are still doing these though.

ds has to have football boots, trainers and school shoes, he has flat feet so they have to be replaced every 3 months because the sides cave in. It gets expensive.

[elmoandella]

i'm lucky. there's a clarke outlet store near me. i got dd some clarks for £14 the other day. ds has wide feet. so i struggle to get his from outlet.

[HappyNewYearFeet06]

We sometimes go to Street outlet but only about once a year and its usually when they don;t need shoes, lol!! We go to visit relatives that live nearby.

[nervousal]

DD has really narrow feet - so not able to buy cheap shoes for her - they fall off. Her school shoes cost £42 - I nearly collapsed when told how much they were - but they were the only ones in the whole of the city which fitted her.

[Mammina]

Elmoandella and Showofhands where are these outlet stores? DD needs a new pair of shoes, she is still wearing sandals (with socks ) at the moment as I'm trying to get as much wear out of them as possible but this weather is so bad I'll have to give in soon

[CarGirl]

I spent £70 on 2 pairs of startright shoes today but one dd has very high insteps and very broad fitting and only one pair of shoes fitted (no hope of anything fitting at a cheapo shop have tried before) and the other dds feet are getting a bit more average as she gets older. I did make sure that we got very solid styles and they have been warned not to use them as brakes for the scooter/bikes etc. DD 4 fortunately is still in doodles and I got a pair of 2nd hand leather boots for £2 that will fit her over winter. DD1 has to have Doc Martins for school (££££££££££££) but her Dad bought the for her

I've had 4 new uniforms to buy this summer due to moving up and school changing uniform - I'm not a happy bunny.

[elmoandella]

livingston

[blackcoffeenosugar]

I feel your pain.. for different reasons ALL 3 of mine only fit start-rites.. they all seem to need shoes at the same time and so I come outabout £120 lighter each time... I hate shoe shopping!

[Fimbo]

The Startrite factory is in Norwich. SoH must be lucky though as I have never managed to get an £8 pair of school shoes! But most shoes dd or ds have had from there have been at least half the price of what they are in John Lewis for the same style.

[MrsSchadenfreude]

CarGirl - where do you live? There is a Doc Martens outlet shop near us which sells children's shoes for ten pounds.