Sea Of Shoes...in my bathroom!

As you all know, I have promised to do some spring cleaning today. Halfway through cleaning up my closet, I got bored and overwhelmed at the same time so I decided to give it a break and move on over to my shoe cabinet which is in our bathroom...

more boxes have overspilled into the bedroom....

As I was carefully organizing pumps with pumps, boots with boots, I remembered Chyrel's question a few months ago. She asked me how many pairs of shoes I own. I didn't know then so this got me really curious and I started counting....

1,2,3,4,5,35,47,56.....76!

I still own 76 pairs after selling several on ebay the past couple of months. Out of the 76, I probably get to use about 10 pairs on a regular basis. The rest are just worn on whims or never at all. I still have several with tags on them. The problem with this is that a lot deteriorate in storage.

Check out a few of my casualties:

never got to wear this...

I gave 5 pairs away to my daughter's Nanny, set aside a few for selling. I know I have to get rid of at least half the amount but it can sometimes be sooo painful! I always think, what if I'll need it for this occassion or that? With 76 pairs you think I wouldn't need anymore, but I still do. A lot of them are similar and bought on impulse. I have to be a lot more careful with my choices from now on. Note to self: Stop buying what you already have.

There were even a few pairs that I forgot I had. Maybe that's why there are so many that are almost identical to each other....

So tired from all the cleaning. Not entirely done yet but I think I'll continue tomorrow.

Now I'm curious, How many pairs of shoes do you own???

Seriously, shoes are like heroin.