Ballet Footwear and Pointes

My best friend Natalie is a ballet dancer and two weeks ago she has a birthday. Usually I asked a person what exactly he wants to receive in his birthday, because usually people present a lot of useless things and I used to present to people something they really need. And without thinking she said ballet shoes. I was a little bit surprised. I have never presented such gift before. And for me it was a difficult present, because I know about them nothing, where to buy them and how to choose. And here I found a good decision. I applied to the best channel of information - the Internet. And I learned much about the desirable gift for Natalie.

These kinds of shoes are used by ballet dancers during the performance. They are very comfortable and soft, especially for the classic dancing. Usually they are made by soft leather and satin. The most popular colors are white and pink. Sometimes ballerinas change them to pointe-shoes for special parts of the dance. The main difference from pointe-shoes is soft sole. Ballet shoes have thin and flexible sole. Usually for the performance ballet dancer can change several pairs of this dancing footwear. So, in some Internet catalogue I ordered the most suitable, to my mind, ballet shoes for Natalie. It was pink color and they looked very neat. In two days they were delivered to me. I couldn't wait the moment of presenting this wonderful and necessary gift to my friend. When the fixed day came I went to her birthday in great mood. I was sure she would like my present. But when she opened a box with a present she couldn't help laughing. I couldn't understand what was going on. When she stopped laughing she explained that she meant another ballet shoes with flat sole for walking on the streets. Also she said that these ballet shoes were made by special order. It was a stupid situation. After this case I stopped asking people about desirable present.