"All the coolest kids had them and - see description above - I was not one of them. Oh how I longed for these shoes with all my heart. But I came from the type of family where you only really got stuff at Christmas or on your birthday - think Harry Potter crossed with Charlie from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
"And so my mum brings me to the metropolis of Bray to get a present. I'm so excited as I walk into Allen's shop with laser-like focus on those white runners with the three royal blue stripes on the side. I will not be distracted. I will not be fobbed off. (My mum had form in this area.) I want Rom and only Rom and I am definitely walking out the door in a pair of them!"
Eleven-year-old Ciara desperately wanted a pair of Adidas Rom runners, imagining herself among the coolest kids. She appears to contradict her age by noting she is actually ten. She came from a family that only gave presents at Christmas or birthdays, so the impending birthday felt significant. Her mother took her to Allen's shop in Bray, where Ciara focused on the white Adidas with three royal blue stripes. Despite insisting she would only accept the Roms, her mother persuaded her to leave with a pair of Gola runners and boys' brown cord trousers that she disliked. Her mother felt satisfied by the lower cost, but Ciara felt disappointed.
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