the untied shoe epidemic

It's always been a problem, when we were kids and even now when we are adults. Tying our tennis shoes was no small fleet. We had to try and try again before we got it right, but even now someone will look and you at the gym and say "your shoe is untied". You then feel a little annoyed that your untied shoes have interrupted your workout.

I was walking thru the cafe at the gym and saw these new shoe laces called 

Lock Laces Elastic Shoelace and Fastening System

they are about 8.00 on Amazon. I got some for me and Ethan for this price. I thought they were pretty cool at first, my shoes fit fine and they slipped on and off pretty easily. Ethan on the otherhand had difficulties from the start. He found them hard to pull apart and get them to slip on.  Then when he came home, he had one pulled so tight it started to cut off circulation. That was the end of those for the boy. :(

A couple days later I was going to get Ethan some new shoes and new shoe laces at the mall. As I was walking I saw out of the corner of my eyes, these no tie laces called 

HICKIES Elastic Lacing System 

also available on Amazon for 20.00. I went ahead and ordered a knock off version on amazon called

Slikkiesª Silicone Elastic Shoelace and Fastening System 

on amazon for 15.00. Ethan and I have been using these since Monday and I love them!! They are easy to place on the shoe, leaving the shoes easy to pull on and no cutting off of the blood circulation. 

So my TAT (tried and true) is that the Hickies and or Slikkies are the way to get rid of the frustrating untied shoe epidemic.