This momma ain't so cheap.

Yep .. despite my blog name I didn't feel so cheap yesterday. I took my kids back to school shopping and dropped a bundle of cash. The sad thing is I'm not even done .. we went with the goal to buy the shoes, backpacks and socks. I always find shoe shopping the most time consuming so I wanted to get that out of the way first.

Do you want to know something even more sad? My kids have nicer stuff than I do!! whaaaa! It's not fair! How did this happen? It's so pathetic how I've jumped on their name brand wagon instead of my own.

Ohhh look .. Etnies .. try these on Griffin ..

I've bought cheaper shoes for them in previous times only to see them fall apart in a month. Griffin is hard on his shoes .. aren't all boys? Payton is getting older so she needs a good quality shoe for gym especially .. from what she tells me they work pretty hard in gym class and I've seen her red face more than once when I pick her up from school.

So with that in mind I splurged a little this year in hopes that their shoes will last. I have no idea why he feels the need to do this to the laces .. apparently it's cool but I don't like it .. it's not even!! I need things even!

These are Paytons shoes .. the ones on the far left where $5 !! Okay I got my cheap giddy for the day .. and what kid doesn't need a pair for kicking around in the yard?

I love these Adidas ones ..I might get a pair for myself. I tried a pair of the Nike's on myself but felt like a total loser .. lol.

So next it's lunch kits and a few clothes .. I'm just so happy to get the shoes out of the way!