All laced up and nowhere to go

So I bought some new Adidas yesterday, which was an event in and of itself.  When did standard Adidas become so hard to find?  I just wanted some basic Superstar II-white with black lines.  That's it.  Nothing crazy, nothing special, nothing outlandish, just plain white adidas with black stripes.  You would have thought I was asking for shoes that were made out of baby seal lined with kitten fur by the reaction I got at shoe stores.  I went to 14 stores over the course of two days....yes, 14 stores before I found a place that carried them.  

Which got me thinking, is this a regional issue? I ALWAYS bought Adidas growing up, every place carried them.  I had them in every accent color over the years, but my favorite was the white with silver.  Every store around here only carries Nike.  Now, I have nothing against Nike, I'm just an Adidas girl.  I finally went to this little tiny shop called Pro Athletic which carried a ton of them.  Clearly this is where I will be going from now on to buy sneakers.  Oh, and I only wear a boy's 5 which makes shoe shopping a chore because I can't have the same shoes as students in my class-that is just weird.

When I finally found them I bought two new pairs of shoes (14 stores, I think I deserved two pairs-black accent and blue accent) and can't wear them because it is raining and snowing and there is no way in hell I am f*cking up my new shoes.  SOOOO, I did some Googling on ways to tie shoes. 

Here are my new shoes with fun lacing courtesy of Hourlylaff.

In case you also are stuck inside due to the weather, here are all 15 ideas so you can re-lace your sneakers today!