My niece (oh's goddaughter) started school last week and we decided to offer to buy her part of her uniform. We agreed on paying for her first school shoes and I told her mum to take her to get fitted then put them behind the counter and I'd go down and pay/pick up. So, as an aside, the shoes were lelli kelli's (?)niot that this really matters here but I wanted her to have something really nice that she wanted and would be special for her. Bear in mind I'm the mother of a teenager and no such thing existed when my dd went to school. I was shocked by the price, I admit but paid and handed them in the night before school started. My niece was thrilled with her admittedly lovely wee shoes. School has been back a week now and last night we popped over to see her and ask about how it all went. She is only 4, and being an honest wee soul, the first thing she blurted out was 'Aunty Kim I lost my shoes' and burst into tears. Upon asking her mum what had happened, she rolled her eyes, said 'what's she like eh?' and told me that she had came home in her gym shoes on the Wednesday and the shoes must have 'fallen out of her bag' on the way home.
Now, she is 4, meaning she was accompanied home on that day, why did no one see them being dropped? Also, surely they must be somewhere? Mum asked in the school and asked a few neighbours and that was it. They are now accepted lost. To top it off my niece asked me on the way out if I was going 'to smack her' for losing the shoes. My heart near broke. Apparently her mum had said, 'your Aunty Kim is going to be so mad at you!' I feel like smacking her bloody mum! I am so frustrated by this, I slept about 3 hours last night as I'm so wound up, AIBU? I understand kids lose things but I think the way this has been handled is awful. I'm also worrying about my poor wee niece having no shoes for school on Monday! Calm me down please :(