I'm not even sure who I'd ask for new shoes. The Woods were my foster family for the summer, but everyone said at the beginning of summer that this was temporary. But then they said 'see you at Christmas!' when they took us to King's Cross but they might have just been talking to Oliver.

My foster family is supposed to get an allowance from the Ministry to buy things for me like shoes but it took forever just to get the money for books and the money for clothing never came. I figured out that most of the books in Defense this year are just last year's books with new titles, so that saved me some money, but we used that for the new robes I needed and the cauldron and a pair of warm gloves. I guess I'd better write to Mrs Wood and see if the money came in, she could order me shoes if it has.