Shoe shopping can be such a nightmare!

Hey Y'all! So Shoe shopping when your 32yrs old and in a kids size 4 can be a challenge... Throw in bulky leg braces and it can turn into a NIGHTMARE! That was the case this past week for me. See I have been looking for a DURABLE pair of walking shoes. Something that I am comfy in and will last longer then 4 months like my last pair! They needed to be able to withstand the amount of miles I walk and how INCREDIBLY hard I am on my shoes in general! 

So I asked family and friends for suggestions and got several different opinions on which brands were best. I also looked at reviews of each brand and current sales. I'm VERY frugal at times so spending $60 on a pair of shoes was not sitting well with me at all! 

One major problem I always run into with shoes is they are not wide enough for my braces. This time was no different! In fact finding a wide in a kids athletic shoe has proven to be EXTREMELY difficult! It seemed that every brands website either had NO wides to choose from in kids sizes at all or the wides were more expensive! A person in my situation shouldn't have to search this hard and pay more just to get a shoe in a wide! 

The thing that has saved me I think was I just got a new set of braces in February and the material made them not as wide as in the past. But even with the new material some brands will not work without being in a wide(Nike is one of those brands!) 

So I found a few pairs I liked online but that left the daunting task of trying them on in the store... and that always gives me MAJOR anxiety! I have had SEVERAL experiences in the past where I absolutely LOVED a shoe... But then when I tried it on it wouldn't fit over my brace😞 

Well thankfully this time didn't go as bad as in the past! The Skechers I had absolute fell in love with online fit on the first try! They also happened to be on sale so I got a adorable pair of $44 shoes for $29.99! 

I went for a walk in them shortly after I got home from the store... I was a little unsteady(Which is normal my first time wearing new shoes) but they feel GREAT! Only time will tell how they hold up to me putting so many miles on them and being hard on them! But for now I am VERY happy with my new Skechers!!! 

💕Hugs💕 

   Kelley 





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