Shoe Fetish?
June 16, 2009 - Posted in Big Daddy Kev, My Crazy Head, Society's Ills
My husband is complaining about my shoe collection. It is overflowing out of the bedroom closet and the downstairs coat closet is so packed full of shoes, sometimes an avalanche falls down when you open the door. I can’t help it, I love shoes!
I have shoes I’ve never even worn. Sad, isn’t it? I have three pairs, two of them beautiful designer labels, that have only been tried on. I have several other pairs that I’ve worn maybe once or twice.
I will wear one of the new pairs to my daughter’s graduation next week, but I’m torn as to which pair. The black Steve Madden “Steven” collection satin pumps with the ankle strap, or the cute buff-coloured peep-toe Guess sling-backs?
It’s a good thing I can’t afford Jimmy Choo or Laboutin. I was looking at a $700.00 pair of Christian Dior shoes one day and I think Big Daddy Kev nearly died. I had to give him CPR and then explain that I was JUST LOOKING.
He told my mother yesterday my dirty little secret of buying three pairs of shoes at once. He also made sure it was very clear that I did not just do this once, but have on several occasions. Not that my mother really cares, but I know she thinks that it is extravagant. It’s not really, though. What am I supposed to do? Walk around barefooted? A girl needs to have shoes that GO with her dresses. And jeans. And dress pants. And skirts. And jackets.
I even have multiple pairs of the same shoes, just in different colours. Not just of one style, but of four different styles. How many pairs of shoes do I have, I hear you asking. Well, I’m not sure, but at one point several years ago, the count was close to one hundred. I have thrown out and given away many, many of those pairs, but have accumulated more. I actually am not sure how many pairs I own.
Sigh. I have to go now and clean out my closet. I have to find a way to make all those shoes fit, because I’m not ready to get rid of any of them. Funny how attached I am to those things.
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4 Responses to “Shoe Fetish?”
ah yes, yet another reason why I call you my “Soul Sista” – ba ha ha ha – I love it…..
I’m also a “coat” person and just as bad about it as I am with shoes/boots – and let me tell ya, lots of coats are even harder to store than lots of shoes – when I went out to BC in April, I came home with a black suede car coat that I found in mint, almost NBW condition at a thrift store – Todd just shook his head……
By N.P. on Jun 16, 2009
I too am a shoeaholic and there is nothing wrong with it.
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It is hot here right now so I have been wearing alot of flip flops but they all are coordinating to my clothes and are still quite cute.
I am just as attached to my shoes, whether I have worn them yet or not. Good luck cleaning out your closet.
By Marie Cole on Jun 16, 2009
One time in my life many many years ago, I sold shoes. You would have been my favorite customer!
By @goslow53 on Jun 16, 2009
My grandmother was a shoe nut, and the only thing keeping me from being is my budget! I think it’s a gene. A shoe gene.
By Andi on Jun 22, 2009