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Published September 28, 2009 @ 16:19 by Tania in Being Mommy

My feet were hurting so much at this morning's hockey, that I actually had to take them off half way through and massage my feet. I've spent $40 on SuperFeet insoles, that just made my feet hurt even more! I tried two different kinds of Dr. Scholls insoles - also a bust. I decided that enough was enough. I was going to buy new skates.

I explained my plan to Husband, pointing out that I go through two new pairs of running shoes a year at $230, and skates should last me about 5 years. He told me that if I spent $1300 on skates he would leave me. Promise, or threat?

I went to Dukes, the hockey mecca for the west end of Toronto. I explained to this lovely young man that I have terrible feet that are really wide, with high arches and a high instep. He measure me and pointed out that the skates I was wearing were the wrong size and shape for me feet. "Wow! You really do have wide feet!" He exclaimed. Thanks, sonny.

I found a pair of Grafs, USED for $120. Not bad, eh? We'll see how comfortable they are tomorrow night. Honestly, I don't think that they could be worse.

When I showed Son One, he said, "Oh! Those are just like mine!"

True enough. He also has 503 Grafs. However, though his were on sale, they still cost over twice what mine did. To be continued after hockey tomorrow night...