I've been to the Stride Rite store. They make ONE style in a narrow width. And wouldn't you know it, it's fugly. I have girly girls. They want something with a little pizazz. Not the solid colored more-basic-than-black pair that still doesn't quite fit them correctly.
As luck, and genetics, have it, I experience the same problem. My heels are exceptionally narrow. My mother has been through this same hell. The difference, though, is that when I got new shoes we left the store with little thirty little pads stuck strategically in them. One do-dad around the heel, some little sticky deals along the side... They shoe guy kept modifying until we got it *just* right. Today, you can't find those little modifiers anywhere!
I've got a store or two left to try. We'll hit there tomorrow. Unfortunately, I'm not terribly hopeful. Thankfully there is always http://www.zappos.com/ and their beautiful free return shipping. But still - ordering shoes online for children is risky business. It's just so more likely that any given pair won't work for a plethora of reasons than them actually fitting correctly.
Tonight I will sit back with a lovely glass of pinot noir and think about anything other than mary janes...unless the have a rockin' heel and come in patent leather.
On a positive note, we cleared Gymboree of most of their size 5 stock. :-) The first day of school outfit includes an adorable apple skirt. Could that be cuter?
[photo courtesy of www.gymboree.com]
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