A happy new year starts with new shoes.

If you like to spend your New Year's day, oh...say, shopping in your PJs then you're in luck. Livie + Luca, one of our favorite sources for cool baby and kids shoes is having their annual 50% off sale. And it requires neither fancy cloth…

A happy new year starts with new shoes.
If you like to spend your New Year's day, oh...say, shopping in your PJs then you're in luck. Livie + Luca, one of our favorite sources for cool baby and kids shoes is having their annual 50% off sale. And it requires neither fancy clothing on your part, nor much manual dexterity, should last night have been big on champagne toasts.
The adorable baby and kids shoes are all 50% off, but just for the next couple of days. Personally, I'm still a fan of the London boots in black or navy, and the new kids cowboy boots are fabulous - although there are limited sizes left in certain styles. Plus, they've still got those way cool Ten Browns which even made our list of top boys clothes of 2011.

Don't worry; we won't tell the other moms that your kid is in last year's style. Heh. -Liz

Save 50% off all baby and kids shoes at Livie and Luca through 1/3/12, midnight PST. Use discount code "fall_50" at checkout.

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