Comments on: Walk a mile in her non-Crocs http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/07/04/walk-a-mile-in-her-non-crocs/ Frugal Living by Sara Noel Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:26:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lorri http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/07/04/walk-a-mile-in-her-non-crocs/#comment-27125 lorri Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:54:39 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=286#comment-27125 hi sara, New to this site. Fun! My Daughter is 14 and not a clothes snob. She goes to a private school the only difference is that her school there are children from all socioeconomic levels. My friend went to her church's clothes swap and brought home a pair of sneakers for my daughter. They were plain black. I made the offer to buy her new sneakers if she didn't like them. She said they were fine. I thought she was being polite. I offered again. She got defensive and said all she wanted was a siler sharpie marker. Okay??? She decorated her shoes with band logos and lyrics. Her friends thought they were cool. go figure! hi sara,

New to this site. Fun! My Daughter is 14 and not a clothes snob. She goes to a private school the only difference is that her school there are children from all socioeconomic levels. My friend went to her church’s clothes swap and brought home a pair of sneakers for my daughter. They were plain black. I made the offer to buy her new sneakers if she didn’t like them. She said they were fine. I thought she was being polite. I offered again. She got defensive and said all she wanted was a siler sharpie marker. Okay??? She decorated her shoes with band logos and lyrics. Her friends thought they were cool. go figure!

]]> By: Romy http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/07/04/walk-a-mile-in-her-non-crocs/#comment-26794 Romy Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:46:29 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=286#comment-26794 Hi Sara I am a loyal reader. I read your post everyday in the Jewish World News...in fact sometimes on a busy day, yours is the only column I can get to. Anyway, you always inspire and have great ideas. This column on the crocs really hit home. I live in a ridiculously affluent area. We live on the outskirts of it and by some miracle my kids go to the highest rated school district in the state. We are surrounded by million dollar plus homes and we live in a modest colonial. Some of the kids at my kids school families have their own plane and I try never to miss a buy one get one free special especially if I have a coupon. You can guess where this is going. I am in a constant struggle over whether to buy the crocs...and of course my kids could care less. Just happy to know I am not alone...and bracing for the day when my kids care as much as I do. Take care and keep up the great work. Hi Sara
I am a loyal reader. I read your post everyday in the Jewish World News…in fact sometimes on a busy day, yours is the only column I can get to. Anyway, you always inspire and have great ideas. This column on the crocs really hit home. I live in a ridiculously affluent area. We live on the outskirts of it and by some miracle my kids go to the highest rated school district in the state. We are surrounded by million dollar plus homes and we live in a modest colonial. Some of the kids at my kids school families have their own plane and I try never to miss a buy one get one free special especially if I have a coupon. You can guess where this is going. I am in a constant struggle over whether to buy the crocs…and of course my kids could care less. Just happy to know I am not alone…and bracing for the day when my kids care as much as I do.

Take care and keep up the great work.

]]> By: Sara Noel http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/07/04/walk-a-mile-in-her-non-crocs/#comment-22233 Sara Noel Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:40:14 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=286#comment-22233 She wasn't questioning the brand. I assumed she was. She just wanted to know what her shoes were. To her ALL shoes similar to Crocs are Crocs. So if they're not Crocs, what are they is what she wanted to know. That type of shoe has become a common word like Kleenex. I assumed she was disappointed they weren't the brand and I felt I needed to reaffirm our values about that type of thing. And she was like umm mommy OK they're shoes that look like Crocs and not all shoes like this are Crocs. That's all she needed to know. She wasn’t questioning the brand. I assumed she was. She just wanted to know what her shoes were. To her ALL shoes similar to Crocs are Crocs. So if they’re not Crocs, what are they is what she wanted to know. That type of shoe has become a common word like Kleenex.
I assumed she was disappointed they weren’t the brand and I felt I needed to reaffirm our values about that type of thing. And she was like umm mommy OK they’re shoes that look like Crocs and not all shoes like this are Crocs. That’s all she needed to know.

]]> By: Ann http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/07/04/walk-a-mile-in-her-non-crocs/#comment-22232 Ann Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:53:42 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=286#comment-22232 Thats a good story about your daughter and the shoes. I have not yet had mine question the brand of something. When she does I hope I don't make a bigger deal out of it then it really is. I too doing what frugality confused with cheap. Cheap is an ugly word . Thats a good story about your daughter and the shoes. I have not yet had mine question the brand of something. When she does I hope I don’t make a bigger deal out of it then it really is.

I too doing what frugality confused with cheap. Cheap is an ugly word .

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