So for my wife's birthday I bought her "Breath of fresh air" skates at the local rink, came with her choice of wheel color and for another $30 or so I added color matched laces, wheel nuts, truck cushions and toe stops.  My youngest never was interested in skating but now that Mom is going more often wants a set.  I figure these are OK since she doesn't even like skating that much.  Well now that I bought better bearings, new wheels in her color and toe stops to match, I could have spent an extra $20 and gotten her the same skates I bought her mom, and the boots and truck would have been light years better.  The moral, if you even might start upgrading these, just buy better ones to begin with.