Day 69: New Shoes & Spaghetti

The Son was feel­ing under the weather today so it took a minor bribe to get him to come along on a shoe shopping/sister-pickup trip with­out a big fuss.

Just so you don’t get the wrong idea on how I relate to my chil­dren, it wasn’t a bribe at all. He wanted to stop by the book­store and a Star­bucks while we were out (both are right across the street from Wild Oats — a stop I needed to make any­way). As he was pay­ing for both the book and the treat with his own gift cer­tifi­cates, it was an arrange­ment that was mutu­ally beneficial.

Famous Footwear — $72.61
Yup, got The Son those bas­ket­ball shoes we dis­cussed. Men’s size 11 black Nike Air Team T.R.U.S.T. beasts! The shoes were $64.99; I checked on-line and couldn’t find any sim­i­lar shoes for a lower price. The shoes came with white laces that were just a bit short to be com­pletely prac­ti­cal and The Son didn’t par­tic­u­larly like their bright white–ness so we paid an addi­tional $2.49 for 54″ black laces. I’ll save the white laces and the box — they might help gar­ner a higher resale price once The Son is done with them.

When I took The Daugh­ter to the same store this spring for her bas­ket­ball shoes she tried the Nikes first but didn’t like the fit. She ended up with a nice pair of Con­verse. Today we tried the Con­verse shoes first but The Son said they were not com­fort­able. He found the Nikes to be very com­fort­able. The Con­verse were less expen­sive but fit is paramount.

Wild Oats — $15.22
3 lbs. Cole­man 95% lean ground beef — $4.00/lb. I used approx­i­mately 1 pound in tonight’s spaghetti din­ner and froze the rest in two sep­a­rate pack­ages for future use.

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