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April 03, 2007
Starting from Scratch
In what will henceforth be referred to as the Great Shoe Massacre of 2007, I went through a violent purging of my footwear collection this week. Out went the white strappy platforms that I got in Hawaii back in 2003 and lovingly wore until my feet bled. Tossed were the black pull-on sneakers with the white stripe that so stoically took me through the Turkish mud fields of Cappadocia. Gone are the sturdy but oh-so-boring black pumps that I wore with my first post-graduate business suit. Into the Goodwill pile went a total of 12 pairs of shoes (although the retro black heels with the snazzy ankle strap were quickly claimed by Jessica).
I'm down to 31 pairs (including two pairs of slippers), which means that I could wear a different pair of shoes every day for a month. Except for the fact that would mean pulling on a pair of faux-fur-lined snow boots from my trip to Milan in the same season as I strutted around in bright orange beaded sandals--it's an interesting thought experiment.
Incidentally, those 31 pairs of remaining shoes (and oh how you could practically feel the ripple of fear through the shelves as I began weeding out the shoe-losers) include three news pairs that I got during a trip to DSW with Ms. Secret blog. My purchases included a pair of black patent leather peep-toed stillettos (which I expect to wear in the bedroom and nowhere else), a very sparkly pair of sandals, and a pair of nice-but-rather-standard pair of black urban sneakers to replace the Turkish-mud climbers.
Now that the boring shoes have been banished, it's like a whole new world. Let the re-accumulation begin.
Comments
Long live the white shoes. I'm fond of them since they vacationed at our house for awhile!
Posted by: Elizabeth at April 4, 2007 09:18 AM
