How Many Shoes it Too Many Shoes?
How many shoes is too many shoes?? 6 pairs? 7 pairs? How about 10 pairs??
This past weekend I packed up my "fall/winter shoes" and now have my "spring/summer shoes" out. When Jeff and I were giving his cousin a tour of the house.. she thought the shoes displayed in our bedroom were both of ours. Sadly... no. Just mine. But is 10 pairs a lot? I mean... a lot of shoes?? I thought it was pretty manageable myself.
Let me explain the rationale behind the 10 pairs: I have the black peep toe pumps (1) that I wear almost every day to work, the gold flat sandals (2) for kind of dressy/casual, the gold espadrilles (3) for the same sort of dressy casual thing (usually with long jeans), there's two kinds of tan/nude colored sandals (4,5) that look great with khakis and jeans and are super comfortable, the black thong sandals with bow (6) for kind of everyday or just for switching off with the black peep toes shoes, the LL Bean flip flops (7) for weekend or for late night/early morning gotta take Monty out to pee, I have a pair of sneakers (8) that I never wear outside but are solely for working out inside the house, and sneakers (9) that I wear when I'm running to catch the orange line. Oh.. and the final pair.. shoes that I **adore** but have never worn... sparkly, copper, stilettos (10).. 4.5 inch heels to be precise. I'm thinking they'd be perfect for my bachelorette party or a girls' night out.. but so far I don't think I'm quite skinny enough to wear them. Those shoes demand another 5 pound loss before I dare slip them on!!! But still... LOVE THEM!!!
Ladies… what do you think? Is 10 pairs too many shoes?
posted by Katharine at 10:41 PM
8 Comments:
Katharine, 10 pairs of shoes is a modest number. I love shoes. If we ever win the lottery then I will resume shoe shopping on a scale dwarfing my pre-children days.
10 pairs of shoes is nothing. Double that and then maybe we can talk. When you have your shoes in the hallway, in one of those behind the door shoe bag things and in your closet... well... that is maybe a lot of shoes. Maybe.
Seriously. 10 is nothing. Michele has two closet floors and a closet door (don't ask) covered by shoes. The only space I get in the closet is the space high up that she can't reach (I shall never buy a stepping stool).
10 pairs? Definitely not!! Ok....this may sound damn but any lady (fashionable or not).....can never have enough shoes! Maybe when you run out of space...
As everyone else has said, 10 pairs is a good start. My daughters, 4 and 6, have over a dozen pairs each if you factor in sneakers, sandals, maryjane's, dress shoes, watershoes, winter boots, rain boots, flipflops, clogs, cleats, and slippers. I won't get into numbers when it comes to my own shoes. Let's just say I store them in their boxes and stack themn eatly in my closet, ready to be pulled out at a moment's notice. I even have a pair of Italian hiking boots that I bought and wore throughout college 20 years ago. And I still wear them every winter!
-Kristen
I smell a shoe buying binge coming.. apparently I am *really* slacking in the shoe department... Must... buy.... more... shoes!!!!
Let's just remind everyone here that 10 pairs is not ALL the shoes...some of them are down in the basement...that would be another 10-15 pair. Of course, coming from someone with almost 200 DVDs...which equals about 50 shoes...I have nothing to say.
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BUY MORE SHOES! GO KATHARINE! WOO HOO! What's coming out on DVD this week?
Oh I'm soooooooooo impressed with your inventorying/ categorizing skills, my dear, I had no idea that you had it in you. You MUST start thinking about a corporate / management career at DSW!!!
And that sexy number 10 gets my vote!!! (sparkly, copper, stilettos). It MUST make a grand debut next saturday night!!!! :o)))
Helen
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