I’m looking for Globes for my 11 yo at the moment. DFO in cheltenham has Clarks school shoes for about $85. They have shop attendants to do the fitting.

Have fun shopping Sharon and others!

Lynette

As for kids. Well, we went to a shoe shop to get our kids fitted. They fit them but didn’t have ANY in their sizes. So we went to k-mart. And Payless. Up here we have one specialty shop, which doesn’t stock kids shoes. Payless, Target and Big W. I try and get them one good pair each, but the rest I get from Big W, because they need something to wear to and from daycare (since they take their shoes off the second they walk in the door) and for a few dollars I don’t care if they get paint on them, dirty or lost. I would make a point of getting better shoes if they were in them all day.

Maybe when I have kids I might put more effort into it. My parents used to fit the shoes nicely but I always found the leather shoes really painful to wear. I guess it’s comfort and price which is important over brand for me.

They do specialty shoes, including the ones to stop Heidi toe walking.

or K-mart if we are short on cash.

Bilby Shoes also for my hubby as he is a size 16.

And you know that whole foot bone’s connected to the leg bone rubbish… Well, it aint rubbish. Because of the strange things I do with my feet, I have issues with my hip. So my days of buying a pair of shoes because they’re cute are over (insert heartfelt sobbing) and now, I look for arch support, cushioning and hope like hell there’s a teensy bit of style. Of the last two pairs of shoes I bought for me; one was VERY expensive (close to $200 - Keen brand) but seeing as I have worn them at least four days a week for the 14mo I have had them… I think I am way ahead (particularly as the Sandler pair they replaced cost me $80 and lasted less than six months). The second pair were on sale, I paid about $60 for another $200+ pair of shoes (Ecco brand) Got them on eBay!!! I have only just started wearing them as they’re “lady” shoes and I bought them for work!

Sneakers for me, I get fitted properly at Athletes Foot. Although the poor bloke had a struggle determining which aspect of my walk he should cater to!

For the kids, I buy them one pair of good shoes which they wear to death, then I buy them another pair of good shoes… H has a pair of elastic sided boots, and a pair of sneakers and a pair of crocs (don’t tell Kelley…) and H2 has a couple of pairs of sneakers and crocs (you have no idea just how cute LITTLE crocs are, lol)

In the past, I’ve tended to get the kids fitted at Betts Kids, then gone to Kmart to buy Grosby’s in the past… This winter, though; Betts Kids had a deal so I bought them a pair each there.

Man I’ve gone on a bit…

And Lynette, I’m heading to Adelaide soon, where is this shop in Glenelg exactly?

Sorry Lightening! I’m taking over your job here!

My daughter is a shoe junkie. I’ve no idea where she got this fetish!

My son has just decided that he MUST have Globe skate shoes. I guess he got to 13 before he decided he NEEDED these name brands so I should count my blessings. But I hate skate shoes, wide, no support…..

As for where, footy boots for my son are from our local shop at $140, netball shoes from the same shop for $170. Pretty much everything else comes from Kmart, Spendless or Target. Except for my wonderful winter boots which I had to mortgage the farm for and came from David Jones.