Design Your Own Tennis Shoes for School

School shopping is in full force in our household!  The boys were first into Reebok Zigtechs, wow what an expensive shoe!  Now we are searching for the Nike Air Max, evidently the new shoe for school lol. 

However, in researching the new shoes for the school year, I found that Reebok lets you design your own shoe, say whaaattt?  Yep, you can choose the colors~ or should I say, your child can choose their own colors for each part of the shoe!  Love this!  Although costly, coming in at a mere $100 to design your own, this idea is quite appealing in that you or your child can create their own one-of-a-kind shoe for the new school year!  Here's the link to check it out!  http://www.reebok.com/US/custom-shoes/kids/listing

Not sure if we will design our own, seeing that the boys now think that the Nike Air Max is the coolest for school!  So, let's explore Nike a bit! Yes, you guessed it, you can also design your own shoe on Nike!!! Their shoes range from $95-$160 for your own design.  Not only can you design your every day tennis shoe, but you can also design your own cleats for football, baseball or soccer!!!  AWESOME!  Check out their link for design your own shoes as well to compare!  http://nikeid.nike.com/nikeid/index.jsp?cp=usid_KW_060309g&ef_id=C09N5Y4CB2QAAI9W:20110801224615:s#category,VIEW_ALL

When thinking about all of our choices...yes cost comes into play for me as a mom!  Seriously, $100 for a kids pair of shoes that he will wear maybe 6 months due to the growth issue....or they usually wear them out before that even happens.  When it comes to apparel, I'm not a huge spender on name brand clothing....sure, I buy Nike and Under Armour and those types of name brands but I always find a deal!!!  BUT, when it comes to shoes, I do pay the big dollars!  Especially when it comes to boys, they usually only own one pair of shoes at a time, nothing like the wardrobe of our girls!  When it comes to the girls, we buy every color of Target flat they have on the racks, along with some cute pink off brand tennis shoes, etc.  :) 

So, when it comes to the dilemma of spending top dollar for a shoe,  I'm usually the deal finder there as well.  I may end up letting them design their own for school, but if I don't,  my favorite deal right now is at Famous Footwear!  You can buy one pair of shoes and get the other pair half off!!!  If you were completely a deal finder as I am...you would have snagged the 20% off coupon in the mailer they sent out last week too and used it with this deal!  Famous Footwear has Reebok Zigs AND Nike Air Max's.  Wow!!!!  And half the cost before the deal!  Here's the link to check it out! http://www.famousfootwear.com/content.aspx?contentid=home

Regardless,  to all the mom's out there (and dad's)....GOOD LUCK SHOPPING!  Go big or go home is what I always say.....and when you get a deal~ ~ ~ GET 2 PAIR!