It's a tale as old as time, you send you kid off to a play date so you can have a bit of peace, and they come back covered in a combination of mud, spilled orange juice and crafting glitter.
No big deal, right?
Well one mum thinks it is, and after discovering some scuff marks and a Sharpie scribble on her three-year-old's shoes, she decided to bill the mum who had hosted the play date for the cost of replacing the boots, a whopping €380.
Fashion designer Sarah Louise Bryan was furious when daughter Isabella came home with scuffs and the pen mark on her "Italian fur booties"after an afternoon with a friend.
She sent off an outraged email to the child's mother Nicola Gibbs, demanding that she pay to replace the shoes by February 1.
"Obviously shoes get scuffed on the soles, but these look like they've been worn for a year, not for a few hours," the fashion designer told the Sun.
"There's also a big black mark on the toe where they've been drawn on. I was devastated when I saw them."
"Nicola was in charge and she was looking after my child, so she’s responsible for the damage.”
Sarah, who has previously hit the headlines for creating a dress out of Skittles, which currently stands in the Ripleys Believe It Or Not Museum, and a dress made out of strangers pubic, insists that her daughter only dresses in the finest boutique clothing.
She explained that the high end ensembles were important for her three-year-olds blossoming modelling career.
"As a designer I do not want my child to look anything less than pristine," said the mum in the email she sent to Nicola.
Nicola is said to be bemused by the whole situation, and told the Sun: “I don’t know what her problem is to be honest."
“Kids are kids, they get messy, they ruin things, that’s life."
The designer has received plenty of backlash online over the invoice controversy.
One comment on her Instagram reads: "How embarrassing, why would you even dress your child in £300 boots just to go on a play date? Don't expect other mums to replace your child's clothing."
