Thank Goodness For Hand-Me-Downs!

So, Tyler my youngest son saw that it was wet outside and decided he needed his rain boots. The last time I checked their was a hole in one of the boots and I told him that he should't wear them.  Of course, he says to me, "Well, I need a new pair." I replied, "Ok, Tyler let me see what I can do." Tyler already knew what style of rain boots he wanted, the color, size and design. Did I mention he is only four? Later, while eating breakfast we were searching the web for sales for new rain boots. He was specific that he wanted red fireman rain boots with only a small amount of yellow... his two favorite colors which sounded like the pair he already had. After checking out a couple of stores online and no luck we came across one website with many choices. Tyler saw more than he could handle, he even asked for two pair.

Here is where I was saved... I have an oldest son and of course TKC. I never buy Tyler much. I knew their were a pair of rain boots in our fantastic bin of clothes Tyler will eventually grow into but I thought that they will be too big.  I said, Tyler go get your rain boots and try them on and I went to dig up the other ones. And after all that, his rain boots were pretty much too small and he could fit the other pair I found. No, they do not look like the rain boots he wanted but he didn't ask any questions about it. He said "these are nice...they have spikes", with excitement..lol

Saying all this to say, always double check before you make a purchase. Remember the three questions, is it really needed? Can I find it cheaper someone else? Can I get it for free? Our children always want what they can't have and at the end of the day all he wanted was a pair of rain boots and that's exactly what he got.


old rain boots

new rain boots