Saturday, June 19, 2010
2:35 AM
Keds
For the first 6 or 7 years of my life, I almost exclusively wore Keds when I wore sneakers. There's just something very fresh and clean-cut about a brand new pair of Keds. The toddler Keds, (the ones with the adorable little rubber toe) were very comfortable. The other style never was very comfortable to me but I was too young to know that they didn't fit my wide feet properly. I just assumed foot discomfort was a natural part of life. lol My mom also always bought my shoes at least a half size too small. She likes her own shoes to be as tight as can be which means you can always see the imprint of her toes at the end of all of her shoes. I was in jr. high or high school before I figured out why my shoes were always tight and uncomfortable because she had always taught me to make sure my toes reached the end of the shoe. lol Goofy woman. I used to get ingrown toenails when I was little and of course, I now know why. Once I started picking out my own shoes, I stopped having nail problems because I picked out shoes that fit properly. lol But before that, I would have problems and so rather than just taking me to get a new pair of shoes that fit well, my mom would cut the toe out of the ones I already had. Can't you just imagine the lovely? Years later, when Prince Kit and I had little goobs of our own, we bought them lots of toddler Keds which looked unbelievably adorable on both of them. They especially loved mixing things up by wearing one red shoe and one blue shoe, ala Punky Brewster style. That will always be one of my very favorite fashion-related memories of our sweetie pie baby girls. I know. I digress. I do that.
Once our little girls outgrew the toddler version of Keds, we pretty much left the brand behind. Remembering how uncomfortable the designs for older kids were, and realizing Princess Jordy inherited my foot shape, I determined not to repeat my sweet mama's accidental shoe abuse issues. lolol But if Keds would make the toddler style in sizes big enough for them, and even for me, I would happily go back to them. I will miss seeing my beautiful, tiny-footed little girls dancing across the living room floor wearing their impeccably clean and adorable toddler Keds for the rest of my life.
*Related side note: My most memorable pair of Keds was the bright orange pair my mom bought me to wear on my very first day of kindergarten. I wore them with a brand new blue and white summer dress. The shoes didn't match the dress at all but I loved both so much that my mom just couldn't tell me no. Thanks, Mama. I felt so special on my first day of kindergarten because of that outfit. I love you very much.