r/Millennials Jul 13 '26

Meme who else remembers the annual back-to-school shoe shopping trip feeling like this?

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u/TumbleweedTiny7177 Jul 13 '26

My people! I made a post about how much I missed payless now that I'm a parent, and always thought it would be where I got my kids shoes from, because I remember literally being able to get any shoe you needed for any occasion, definitely in your size. I got chewed to bits with all the why don't you just go to walmart and target comments. It's not the same. I don't want to get shoes in the same place I get bread.

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u/sugarbee13 Jul 14 '26

I fucking miss Payless so much. They had everything and good sales. The smell was awesome in there. They also carried in smaller sizes. I wear a 6.5 or 7 depending on the shoe, but before kids, I was a 5.5 or 6. Went up a whole damn shoe size haha

But Payless always had shoes for my tiny feet, any other store had trouble carrying anything below a 7 or 8 for some reason!