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03 August 2005
How many pair of shoes do you own? I'm a self-proclaimed Shoe Whore, but I'm wondering just how whorey I am...
2, runners and Docs loafers.
3 if sandals count.
4 if wedding-and-funeral dress shoes count.
87 if Howard Hughes style tissue boxes count everything is so dirty!
One pair tennies (New Balance),
One pair dress shoes (Cruel Shoes Incorporated),
One pair sandals (Generic Large Consumption Mart Brand),
and, uh, three pairs of soft (so soft!) ugg-like bedroom slippers, providing varying degrees of toastiness to my footies.
About 60, give or take a few. I have two large wicker bins in my closet, and they're both piled to the brim with shoes, plus I have some others in boxes.
Rough guestimate:
5 pairs of boots
about 6 pairs of cute/fashiony flip-flops
about 10 pairs of various kinds of sandals
about 10 pairs of high heels/stilettos/pumps of various types
3 pairs of sneakers
4 pairs of espadrilles (LOVE them)
3 pairs of clogs
about 10 pairs of fun shoes in impractical colors (like jade green or baby blue) that basically only match one thing, but I had to have them
Note that I barely have any clothes. But lots of shoes.
Several pairs of running shoes for running.
A retired pair for walking around.
Three pairs of boots: lineman's boots from Redwing, combat boots, engineer's boot from Chipewa.
One pair dress/work shoes.
Three pair low cost plastic sandals.
One pair low cost espadrilles.
One pair Fluevog Angels. (The souls resist Satan!)
One pair of trainers. One pair of tennis shoes. A few good pairs of low heeled black dress shoes. A couple pairs of high heels which I rarely wear (I'm six feet tall, I don't really need heels). A pair of snowboots. Fuzzy pink slippers - my shoe of choice - and flip-flops in varous colors. So, around thirteen, give or take a few.
God I love shoes and shoe shopping. I have one of those cubby shoe organizers, then some milk crates and a wicker basket. I hate those hangning racks or the trees. Goes against my aesthetic. And I also don't have too many clothes - not enough to have to rotate summer/winter or anything.
2. One pair of beat up walking boots and one pair of brown bark-textured trainers. I only wear the trainers on special occasions.
And... Actually, I just remembered. one pair of shoes which I keep at work for customer meeting situations.
2 pairs of heels - kitten heeled and brown
2 pairs of cowboy boots - one gold pair one wintery pair
2 pairs of colorful giraudon flats - one pink and white, the other is bile green
3 pairs of flips flops
1 pair of wooden japanese shoes
weird i thought i would have not so many shoes, I'm a bag hag, ask me about my bag collection please!
Three pairs giant platforms
Blue docs
Green docs
Black docs
Silver Docs
Burgandy Docs
three pairs sandals, for work
Converse one stars
plaid Converse all stars (low)
black converse all stars (high)
blue converse all stars (pair of each)
about half a dozen other assorted work shoes
Pair of witchy louis heeled shoes
couple pairs granny boots
Underwear whores unite! I am also a collector of attractive underthings and other frilly unmentionables. And I too would like to hear about mrs.pants bags.
About 35 pairs - notables include
2 pairs of biker-y looking boots
2 pairs of short boots
assorted black shoes with low or medium heels for various work go out type things
some super cool shoes I never wear with super high heels
my witch shoes: 1940s lace up
2 pairs of Dansko clogs, one for the garden, one for work/going out (& that's what I actually wear every day)
And they're all black except for the white with sparklies gym shoes and two pairs of brown hiking boots. And the red earth shoes I got for my birthday that the dog promptly ate the strap off of but I think I can get it fixed.
Lingerie: yeah, black. And not too lacy, just strappy and tight. (Some, uh, rubber.) I do have one pair of frilly pink shorties, but I wear them ironically.
Shoes:
(Looks like me and iconomy are the whoriest.)
I can remember about 1\2:
black Seibel clogs
red Seibel clogs
red Earth Shoes
black Earth Shoes
red maryjane Clarke slides
black Bjorn open toe sandle slide thingies
black Bjorn clogs
black with white stitching slides
Harley motorcycle boots
rubber bumblebee clogs
black lace-up dress shoes
blue low top Chuckies
running shoes
hiking shoes
yellow & brown Doc boots (I think I might have gotten rid of these)
red & black Camper clogs
red & orange Camper maryjanes
black Camper flats
black & tan Camper "bowling" shoes
brown Giraudon hand-stitched heels
black vinyl knee-high platform fuck me boots
pointy toe heels
round toe heels
strapy pink things
cream silk kitten-heeled slides
I'm not jealous of your spurs, SmartDalek, because I have a pair of Chilean spurs that my dad actually wore when he was a cowboy in Chile.
I forgot, I do have a pair of black foam rubber bedroom slippers that I wear when I go out on the back porch to smoke on cold nights, or when I take out the garbage on friday nights, which I usually do in my boxers, t-shirt, flannel and the aforementioned slippers, and there's usually a smoke in my mouth. I probably look like a male version of Andy Capp's wife. (this is helped by the fact NY law requires bottles and cans to be disposed of in clear plastic bags, so I'm usually toting a couple bags of beer empties in plain veiw of God and Man)
Specklet, you are a very good shoe whore. I totally approve of your whorage.
Oh and how much do I love that you wear espadrilles, omiewise? I bet you also have an Irish wool fisherman's sweater, which you wear while you eat soft-shell crabs.
Incidentally, all my shoes are ungodly expensive. It's really ridiculous. I don't understand how I can justify spending that kind of money when I make what I do. Maybe that's why I call myself a shoe whore; not so much the quantity as the extravagance...
Several pairs of stinky/grubby sneakers that the missus is always trying to throw out. 1 pair of fancy ass velcro ass Lacoste sneakers that are a little bit too small so I never wear them. A couple pairs of dress shoe torture jobs. A pair of dope ass brown clarks (not the elf ones though, the kinda paddle shaped jobs). I pair of slides, one pair of chinese flip flops that say badminton for no good reason and have those nubbley foot sole jammies. 1 pair shitkickers and that is all. Currently, when I am in sufficient funds I would like to buy a pair of 8 hole doc martin analouges for the fall, perhaps like the ones from rockport if they still make them. I can no longer tolerate the orange stiching of regular docs.
I own three pairs of shoes that are vaguely possible for me to wear. One of them has fallen apart and looks like shit. Another is saturated with mud. I am very poor. Paypal almightygod *at* gmail *dot* com.
1 large luella Bartley White Giselle Bag
1 luella bartley East/West Giselle Bag
1 g-star denim overnight bag
6 vintage vinyl purses of varying colors
1 green suede bag with bamboo handles
1 pink leopard purse(oldie!)
1 loop nyc tape deck looking purse
1 Hobo Internation brown leather bag
1 Tano Orange leather bag
1 vintage carbetbag
1 giant white leather Oxone Bag
1 midsize brown leather lawyer lookin bag
1 satchel looking brown leather bag
1 bright red mat and nat bag
1 velvet bag with a hand painted deer
1 black satin bag
1 paul frank bag (with security camera screen print)
I am so not a shoe ho. In summer I wear either my black leather sandals, my rust suede sandals, or my black or peach canvas slip-ons. In winter, I wear either my black leather short boots, my brown suede short boots, or my weird, black fuzzy-inside snowtromping boots.
Under extreme duress (weddings, for example), I might wear one of the following: my cream or black leather pumps, or my dressy, black, strappy sandals.
1 pair of British army combat boots (I wear them in the winter).
1 pair of wellingtons.
1 pair of formal dress shoes.
1 pair of hiking/training shoes (I use them in the summer).
2 pairs of sandals (one for inside use, one for outside)
1 pair of loafers (I use them to take the bin out, that kind of thing).
1 pair of black bowling shoe style trainers (mostly for work and slobbing around)
1 pair of Swear skater shoes (the best pair of shoes I've ever bought)
1 pair of black leather zip up cuban heal boots (I wear them with suits and I wore them at my wedding)
I do, however, have 5 (count 'em) plaid flannel shirts.
Lesbian!
On the subject of undies, I grew up before the Boxer Rebellion took place, so I was a tighty whitie boy up until about eight years ago when I discovered boxer briefs. Snug ... without looking like I'm wearing, as my then-4-year-old-goddaughter would exclaim on those rare occasions she'd catch me in my skivvies, PANTIES.
..trapped in a straight slobs body. Sorry, dude. I even managed to *cough* sucessfully date an out-and-proud lesbian briefly* much to the envy of my str8 freinds. Yet somehow gay men keep asking me out. I must really jam everybody's radar.
*she said that I was a "family values guy, but in a good way," I guess she mean that I passed on the closed-mindedness and bigotry. I can live with that description. This same girl had a life size stand up cut-out of Dolly Parton in her apartment (which used to be my apartment, long story). I'm amazed that Dolly isn't a gay icon. She's the coutry Bette Midler, for crying out loud.
1 pair sneakers
1 pair sandals
1 pair black shoes (for work)
1 pair brown shoes (for non-existent social outings)
1 pair hiking boots
Plus some disgusting dead sneakers for mowing lawns in, which don't really count.
As a rule, I only wear two pairs - work shoes for work and sneakers/sandals for everything else depending on season. Mostly, when not at work I don't wear shoes and couldn't care less that people look at me funny in the supermarket because I have bare feet. Walking is what feet are for.
I have a lot of shoes that I don't wear. Those I do wear:
1 pair black Nike sandals (for in the world)
1 pair brown generic sandals (for in the world when it's important not to wear Nike sandals)
1 pair old sandals for painting and walking around in the yard (chicken shit hazard)
1 pair black doc marten loafers, greatly scuffed
1 pair tennis shoes, for the beach
1 pair hiking boots (but i usually wear the sandals for hiking)
1 pair of black dress shoes
1 pair of running shoes
1 pair of cycling shoes
1 pair of sandals
2 pairs of mini- or quasi-boots
1 pair of dressier brown shoes I never wear
1 pair of brown Land's End shoes (the slip-on thingies)
1 pair flip-flops (shoes?)
I've actually cut down on my number of shoes. A friend kept calling me "Imelda" years ago, shamed me.
About eleven, now, but man, have I discovered a new passion. It's partly because the style has come back into what I like (square toe not those pointy toe vice clamps).
2 pairs of sandals and 1 pair flip flops
perhaps 3 good black dress in various styles
about the same in brown
brown hikers
2 pair of heavy duty Asics jogging shoes
fancy schmancy pair of Rockports, all stripey and comfy
that makes... 12. currently in use. I have older ones I keep around -- combats and parade boots and some old whities that I used to mow the lawn in when I had a lawn.
1 pair black Ecco's conservative in design (for work only).
1 pair black leather ankle boots w/side zippers (for work in winter only)
1 pair running shoes (need to be replaced soon, as earlier replacements were accidentally thrown out by partner).
1 pair black Etnies (still plushy new, have taken over casual wear from the Addidas below).
1 pair of black flip-flop beach sandals (a recent gift for which I am grateful).
1 pair slippers (fur for winter, also a gift).
1 pair of black Addidas Sambas (worn out soles, must be replaced soon).
I was just thinking that this morning, and now I'm certain, I could use another pair that can be worn to work and out of the office as well.
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