Oct 29 2007
On footwear, or the lack thereof
These are all of the shoes I own:
I know, you’re waiting for the other pictures. There are no other pictures. That’s it; just those. That would be totally fine if I were a beach-bum in college, but I am a mother of three in Vancouver, British Columbia where it rains like crazy. Britney Spears crazy. I need shoes.
Today, Josh took me out to fix this little issue, and bought me these:
I paid more for those than I did for all over my other shoes. Combined. I’m dead serious; I did the math.
It’s not that I couldn’t have more shoes, it’s just that I am a penny pinching cheap bastard and every time I think I could squeeze in a pair of shoes I then think about next stupid school fundraiser or the impending diaper purchase or replacing the area rug that I have had since I was single.
Anyway, now I have a decent pair of shoes and my husband totally has a crush on them. He’s got a shoe thing. Someday I’ll show you how many pairs of shoes he has.
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If you tell me your shoe size and it matches mine, I’ll send you all the shoes that I have bought and don’t wear because I only have two feet. No lie, I buy shoes when I want to feel better and have 2 closets full of shoes. Too many shoes to even thing about counting.
Cute shoes, comfy shoes and just plain everyday shoes. Let me know.
I smell internet shoe trading!
Darla, I wear a 9-10 depending, or a 40 in euro-sizes. I have circus-freak feet. I’m 5′4″ on a good day, and I wear the shoes of a 6′ woman.
Don’t worry, I am living in Vancouver, too and I’m down to two pair. Runners. And Crocs - purchased for camping this summer. Heh. I win!
Anyway, I dream of the light brown suede, high, skinny, muckluck style boots…very practical for rainy Vancity, non?
I dated a guy who has more shoes than I have probably owned in my life. Okay, that’s a lie. But his shoes probably cost more than anything I’ve spent on shoes in my whole life.
Your shoe picture looks like mine would.
I think I have 5 pairs of shoes and 2 of those were bought for work. *sighs*
There just isn’t enough money for frivilous things like shoes.
I’d share too, but ew. I actually wear all of my shoes. I counted in my head really quick 15 different types of black shoe that I own. I’m a former shoe hog. I think in the last year I’ve bought myself some flip-flops. Ah, money, it’s just not what’s for dinner anymore.
But I do believe in buying expensive shoes for the wear-all-the-time shoes. Which is why I still have a huge amount of shoes, so I must say I’m so proud of you and your new indulgent shoe purchase. Go Josh!
My mom used to sing this song to her kindergartners: “New shoes in the springtime, new shoes in the fall, whenever I get new shoes, I always like to call, ‘happy happy new shoes! Happy happy new shoes to Mr. Lady!”
Mr. Lady,
Darla is sitting here getting ready to fly back home. She’ll shoot you an e-mail about her shoe collection.
I’m cheap and was never that into shoes. I might own 15 pairs of shoes. Typically, I wear the same four pairs of shoes every week.