Nike

 Oy.  So, I took my grandson shopping for school clothes and shoes.  He found these Air Jordans on sale and thought they would work even though they weren't his size. We got a great deal on shoes that turned out would not work.  So, he texted me and asked if he could send them back to me and I could sell them on eBay.  And then I could put that money towards a new pair that fit.  

From plenty of experience I know that shoes that don't fit, don't work. So, I readily agreed.  But not to have them sent back to me.  I told him to put them in the box and next time I am in town I will collect them.  Then he got his new limit to spend and he found another pair.  

Here's the thing.  I bought him a pair of Nike Air Jordans last year for school and they lasted the whole year.  A hundred dollars well spent in my opinion.  He took care of them.  So, when he asked this year, I said my only condition was he took as good of care of the new ones as he did the old ones.  He agreed.  And I believed him.  

Nike is a good shoe.  The initial outlay is a bit much for a frugal shopper, but as I have discovered in my years of buying stuff for kids, if you don't buy what they like it is a waste.  Sometimes you have no choice as it is all the pocketbook can afford.  But this year I could afford the Nike's, and they will last the whole year since his feet aren't growing like before.  So, no one has to shell out $25 every few months at Walmart for him.