How many pairs of shoes do you have?

[Hilary]

If my memory serves me correctly, I have 3 pairs of boots, 1 ankle length, 1 knee length and 1 broken. 1 pair of trainers, 2 pairs of sandals, one broken. 1 pair of brown shoes with a small heel which neither I nor dh like. My wedding shoes which I keep for sentimental reasons and would never wear. 1 pair of walking boots. One pair of brown lace up shoes I haven't worn for about 4 years.

Is this excessive? My husband calls me Imelda and says I have loads of shoes but I'm sure I see people around me in far more pairs of shoes than that. And so many times, I don't seem to have any shoes to wear...

Please tell me you have more than this!

2 pair black boots, 1 pair trainers, 2 pair black court shoes, 1 pair black strappy sandals, 1 pair more full black sandals, 1 pair black mules, 1 pair high heeled black strappy glittery black shoes,2 pair brown sandals, 1 pair high heeled beige strappy shoes, 1 pair flat black shoes, 1 pair toe tectors, 1 pair wellies, 1 pair slippers.
Never realised I had so many - and too much black!
How many match shoes and handbags?

Morrocco, the same thing happened to me. Before I was pregnant I had stacks of shoes and about 40 matching underwear sets. After my baby NONE of them fit me. Oh yes, and none of my clothes fit me either.
Somehow I in just 3 years I have managed to build up to a shoe collection of 5 pairs of boots, 2 pairs of sandals, 4 pairs of shoes,1 pair of trainers and some wellies.
I think that the right pair of shoes can make or break an outfit so I wish I had more pairs...although come to think of it I don't have as many outfits as I currently have shoes...

Must confess to being a shoe-maniac. I have 4 pairs of boots, 3 pairs of runners, 5 sandals, and 7 pairs of work shoes, 4 pairs of slippers.

Blimey you lot are so unlike Imelda it's untrue. I couldn't have thought it possible that anyone would have less shoes than me, and I have at least 40 pairs!! Lets see if I can remember

5 pairs trainers (2 exclusively for the gym)
2 knee high black boots (one clumpy one high)
6 ankle length black books (various heights/styles)
pair blight orange boots
black cowboy boots
stilletto cowboy boots
riding boots
DM ankle boots
walking boots
3 pairs strappy black sandals
pair gold strappy sandals
2 pairs pink 'schol?' type mules
2 pairs black flat sandals
pair camper sandals
rainbow stilettos
'snakeskin' mules
camper daisy mules
purple mules
Black wedge heeled mules
back hush puppy sandals
3 or 4 balck 'court' shoes (never wear them)
2 black 'maryjanes' (one high, one flat)
pink seqined sandals
pink embroidered sandals
black loafers
baseball boots
wellies
school type pumps

Wow that's 45 that I can remember off the top of my head sitting at work and not looking.

I am missing a pair of pink cowboy boots, I can see a real hole for them. Also a pair of deck shoes/sandals for sailing. I also need a pair of 'neutral' sandals, with a high heel, perhaps a wedgie pair.

I just want to say in my defense, my cowboy boots are at least 12 yrs old and still get worn all teh time, and now I've got kids I only buy one pair of boots a year (or maybe 2) and perhaps one other pair per season (in total 4 - 5 pairs a year). I really don't think this is excessive, perhaps I should chuck them, but shoes are the one thing that fit whatever the weight!!

OK, here goes...

1 pair Timberlands
1 pair walking boots
1 pair ski boots (do these count?)
2 pairs trainers (1 for gym/running, 1 for bumming around in)
2 pairs black ankle boots
1 pair brown ankle boots
1 pair black knee boots
2 pairs black loafer-style for work
1 pair black slingbacks for work
1 pair navy slingbacks (worn once for a wedding, but they're from LK Bennet, so can't bear to part with them)
1 pair black evening shoes
1 pair backless loafers
1 pair flat strappy sandals (never worn as I hate my toes/feet, but every year swear that this will be the year I pamper my feet and paint my nails)
1 pair deck shoes (never worn, but I hang onto them 'just in case' - why???)
1 pair black backless flat things (make my feet look like Minnie Mouse, but who cares)
1 pair Birkenstocks (Dh hates them, but they're soooo comfy!)

And reading this thread has just inspired me to chuck out a further four pairs that aren't listed here. I'm amazed at the number I have, particularly when I only wear about three pairs consistently. I blame my shoe thing on the fact that I have had size 8 feet since I was ten. Being taken to the shoe shop and being shown one pair/one colour/one style, take it or leave it has, I'm sure, contributed to this. Perhaps its time I got over it!

Oh my god, where do you all keep all of these shoes?

I have

One pair of trainers
2 pairs of glam sandals
1 pair of smart heeled shoes
2 pairs of boots
1 pair of wellies
1 pair of slippers
1 pair wedding shoes

And i still have probs finding somewhere to keep them!

Wait for this injustice... I showed dh this thread to prove that I don't have more shoes than other women and it caused him to count up his shoes and he has 7 pairs, one pair more than me!

I've only just looked at this thread - and I can't believe that you all have so many - yes, you are all worthy of the 'Imelda' tag, in my view.

I've got one pair of boots, 2 pairs of shoes (one black, one brown) and a pair of sandals.

Am I not normal???? (apparently not) I feel
obliged to rush to the shoe shops this weekend to even up my score!!!

susanmt - where do you buy shoes? I'm size 10 too. I used to buy them in Saxone tall girl. When it first opened in Oxford Street my Mum took me up there, I was 15 and wearing hideous granny shoes. I tried on ever pair in the shop, including many that I had no intention of buying. We were there for 3 hours, I thought I'd won the pools! (no lottery then) Since Saxone has been taken over by Barretts the tall girl is rubbish. Where do you go?
As to how many pairs...well I can think of 10 off the top of my head, non of which I need, because I have to wear fur lined boots for 6 months of the year!

Over my lunch break I managed to remember 5 more pairs!!!

Wedding shoes
Ski Boots
Flat black boats for when I was pg and my feet swelled up
pink strappy sandals
another pair of wedgies!!

The collection has built up over the past 10 yrs or so, and I rarely throw any out hence teh collection. They are all wearable, so I can't see the point of chucking them.

I think I need to start a new thread on who has the most black T-shirts!!

Bloody hell Crunchie !!! I think I have 2 pairs of sandals which I never wear although they are nice, a pair of 'sandshoes' (they are too cheap even to be called trainers) and 2 pairs of boots. Oh and a pair of hideous flip flop things which I wear around the house and garden. Sad, sad

steppemum - trainers etc I just buy mens of course. I get most of my girlie shoes from Evans, which has a reasonable range (as I have to go there for my clothes anyway I always have a look) and they also do a variety of widths in the large sizes. They are on line but I don't know if they deliver to the steppes (they do to the Outer Hebrides, but somehow it all seems a bit less wild and outlandish compared to you!)

1 pair shoes (black), recently purchased, after old pair fell apart (literally.)

1 pair black boots (worn most of the year, except in summer when even I admit they would look ridiculous.)

Oh, just remembered: 1 pair of brown shoes, bought to go with suit for friend's wedding. (Mum made me buy them, as black wouldn't go apparently!)

I hate shoes. They never fit, cause horrid blisters, and I can't wear heels or I fall over. If I find a pair that are comfortable I wear them till they rot.

Remembered a pair of trainers and two more pairs of mules.

Anyway Hilary I think you have nicely got this one over on your DH.

I think I should be ashamed of this, but I'm not.

When I got home I counted. I found 8 more pairs. I also realised I didn't have any that were the right colour pink to go with one of the outfits I bought on Saturday, so I bought a lovely pair of light pink suede mules from Kurt Geiger. And now I need some beige sandals as my only pair are completely flat, and they don't go with my other new dress for my holiday.

So prufrock, what is your monthly shoe budget?
I also get Imelda comments from DH (who buys so little in the way of clothes and shoes that I don't stand a chance really). Actually this thread has shattered my illusions that I have a modest collection of shoes - I see many of you have a lot fewer than me!
In terms of what I wear regularly:
1 pair walking boots
1 pair wellies
2 pairs trainers
3 pairs ankle boots
2 pairs work shoes
3 pairs sandals
Then probably about 5 pairs assorted old boots and shoes that I'll probably never wear again, and about 5 pairs 'smart' shoes worn about twice each but become so dated I always end up buying new for each wedding/interview/presentation.
eek, I've been rumbled...

Thankd susanmt, I've bought some from Evans too, they tend to be a bit wide. I don't bother with mail order, just go on mad shopping sprees when I come home

I must have 40-50 pairs....but I do wear most of them, I wear different shoes every day to work, and always buy new shoes with a new outfit.

I do buy most of them when we go to Italy, last time I think I came home with 9 pairs. DH is not allowed to complain as my reasoning is, I need something to cheer me up if I have to stay with the Inlaws and visist all his realtives.

After the pregnancies and pram pushing with babies and toddlers, I have discovered heels again, and they feel great...if not somewhat impractical.
Nothing like a pair of heels, some new makeup and a new hair cut to begin to make you feel semi-good about yourself.