new shoes

Pipi Longstocking there! She always has a stray hair escaping though!

So the other night we met Nanny Sue to buy some school shoes for Leanna. It was a last minute thing (unless she told Tom earlier and he just didn't bother to mention it to me until last minute?) So I forgot to bring along socks or tights for Leanna to try on shoes. Unfortunately Walmart still doesn't provide those little stocking things for you to try on shoes yet. Leanna's last pair of sneakers don't fit anymore and all the other shoes are sandals or flip flops. So Nanny Sue bought Leanna some socks also so she could try on the shoes.

Then it turned out that Leanna is VERY particular about her shoes. She has this thing about shoes being too tight. Sometimes I think it's based in reality-like her sandals where the top part pushes down into her skin. But most of the time I think she just says that out of habbit. At first Nanny Sue was dutifully getting a bigger size of shoe every time Leanna said they were too tight. So then I had her try on a pair that were very obviously too big-and she still said they were too tight!! So then Nanny Sue was on to her. It took a while, but Leanna walked away with a pair of black dress shoes and pink and black sneakers. She really wanted a pair of guady (sp?) pink slip on shoes but Nanny Sue flat out said, "No way! Those are ugly!" She also wanted some cute boots, but that wasn't what we were shopping for. I'd post a picture of her shoes, but I don't have a camera yet!

That night Leanna tried to sleep with the sneakers on. They were too big and kept getting tangled in the blankets though. She really really likes them. Thank you Nanny Sue!