The frugal sneaker fiend
My name is a Phillip, and I am a sneaker head… I did not come by this as honestly as many who I have observed have. In fact, I may have created it for a WILDLY different set of reasons. When my twin and I were 11, we left my pops and became a single parent household. Even before this January day, we could basically be assured that at any given time there would be three pairs of shoes in our lives: 1 – “school” shoes: this would be the newest and cleanest pair, re-upped only at the beginning of the school year and Christmas. 2 – “play” shoes: the most recently demoted shoes from “school shoes” status, provided there had not been a major growth spurt to bring on a change. 3 – “church” shoes: replaced ONLY at significant growth spurts and/or Easter. Otherwise self-explanatory. ...