The Price of Cute

I once went shopping with my mother-in-law and I about died when she bought Grace a pair of dress shoes from Gymboree that cost as much, if not more, than what I normally pay for my own pair of shoes. Today's incident of insanity made that little moment seem like we were getting those shoes at the clearance section at Payless.

Mike was shopping for a new pair of Sperrys this afternoon, but they didn't have his size in the color and style he was looking for. So he tried on a knock off brand, found it to actually be much more comfortable than his normal Sperrys, and felt good about getting such a deal on some nice shoes.

I casually mentioned that I once saw some Sperrys for babies. A few minutes later, Mike showed me a pair of baby Sperrys that was an identical match to his knock off shoes. Just for fun, we put them on Grace. Big mistake. Once they were on her, they were just so stinkin' cute that I knew my baby girl just had to have them. Even though they cost twice as much as her dress shoes from Gymboree.

Mike looked at me like I had lost my mind. But after a little cajoling from both his girls, the sweet man made his way to the register to pay for two pairs of shoes- knock off Sperrys for him and the real deal for his baby girl. A daddy's love is priceless, but sometimes the price of cute can be dang expensive.