In July of 2009 Bine made her first impulse buy, with the help of Aunt Katie. The minute she saw some pink boots at a children's store in Lawrence she went completely nuts. They didn't have her size but it didn't matter; enormous was just right for almost-two-year-old Bean. She would not leave the store without pink boots. Aunt Katie gave them to her as an early birthday present and she wore them religiously.
Plodding out of the store.
Fast forward two years. Gussy is a month shy of the same age and found the pink boots two days ago. Except for sleeping and swimming, they haven't come off.