Twinkle Toes

These shoes deserve a post of their own.  Bella has already had a pair of Twinkle Toes and wore them almost daily.  They were getting pretty worn out.  Finally, one of them stayed lit up continuously and began to drive me crazy, so I decided it was time for a new pair.  We headed over to Dillards one afternoon to see if we could get another pair.  She found some she liked, but unfortunately, they did not have her size.  We ran down the mall to Journey's and they didn't have them either, back to Dillards and we had them call another store.  Yeah, they had the right size and would hold them.

The next afternoon, we headed out to Dillards. Junie refused to ride in a stroller, but I figured no big deal, just one quick stop, that was a mistake! 

They had the shoes, just like these ones, but all in pink.  We bought them and Bella had to wear them out of the store.  We look around for a few minutes and then head to the car.  we are almost to the parking lot when we notice one of the shoes is not lighting up.  Back we go.  Unfortunately, they did not have another pair in her size and the next size up looked like clown shoes.  She was so disappointed.  Off we head down the mall to see if we can find another pair.  Journey's didn't have the right ones, down to Nordstrom.  They didn't have the right ones either.  All this time I am dragging along June who refused to be carried.  Bella was almost in tears so I told her we would try another mall. Only one other mall in the valley, so off we went.  Junie still refused to get in a stroller, but we tried Macy's, no kids shoe department.  They suggested we try JCPenney's.  I was done at this point, no kids shoes were worth all this trouble, but the look on Bel;la's face made me say, "Okay, last try, then I am ordering them online!"  We headed on and guess what, they had some!  They weren't exactly the same as the originals, but she liked this one better.  Too bad they were more expensive here than at any other place, but worth it to have this all over!

After all this, Junie grabbed a pair of Twinkle Toes of her own and refused to take them off, so guess who got a pair too!