HOW DID I MISS THAT?

Here you go...this looks quite cluttered...but the room is very well organized can assure you:)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/4.....4985387362

Swoon...

Taylor, I want to shop in your closet.....I don't think we are that different in size! I am SO JEALOUS.

I think I have 20ish pairs:
8 ballet flats- pink, white, violet, blue, black, grey, brown, bright red
5 boots- high heeled black, flat black, OTK brown, grey slouch, white docs
1 pointy toe black flat
1 black pumps
1 blue 'Cinderella' shoes (named by the little girl I nannied for)
1 black oxfords
1 sneakers
and 2 pairs of sandals on the way from Amazon.

the really sad thing? the vast majority have been purchased since I joined YLF a couple of months ago. I have NO idea what I wore before!

Taylor I am so glad that you posted that pix. I was thinking of ordering a pair of boots and red shoes I almost had myself talked out of ordering them but on second thought I am hitting the enter key.

Glad to enable Renee:)

Still counting!

Taylor, I can't see the pic. Says the photo is private. I want to see your pretty collection!

I can't see it either Taylor - I get the same message as Marianna!

Yes, Taylor - I need another dose of seeing your closet - it is inspriational for its organization and contents

I counted my shoes yesterday and I am so surpsied - I think my shoes have been breeding while my back is turned.

I have 76 pairs (I know that is not even in the top 10 counts, but this is from someone who about 5 years ago had maybe a dozen pair total and we have FOUR drastic seasons to cover).

Here is the best part: 22 of them are 8+ hour shoes. Of those, most are flats or low sandals -- the kind with molded footbeds for foot support.

And here are the worst parts: 6 of them are gear (former runner), 2 of them are Crocs (former summer house slippers!), 5 of them are flip flops (current summer house slippers), and a full 18 of them HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN WORN!!!!

How did that happen? I just realized they are almost all very high heels 3+ inches. I do not have a high-heeled life, I do not have high-heel feet, but I LOVE high heels -- apparently. . .

(Where is that thread on 'Letting go ". . . ?)

OY.....I have only 2 different style sandals, 3 if you count colors seperately...4 new boot/booties, and 3 regular 'shoe' types....guess I better go shopping! lol......

This post has inspired me to purge my shoe collection. So . . . I'll get back to ya' all in a couple of days with regards to how many pairs I own. I am determined to get rid of the "dead weight!" I hang onto shoes waaaaay too long!

Um my shoe wardrobe is my leanest area right now. I like to think of it as being tightly edited, but really its just sad. I have:

one pair running shoes
one pair fluffy Merrel suede clogs - I need to grab a new set of insoles for them
one crappy pair of cheap target shoes - those gotta go, but they are my only flats now, so we make do
one pair black croc heels Ros Hammerson - for gigs, weddings, funerals, dates, you name it
one pair black suede Merrel sporty loafers with a zip, for running around in, 6 hour shoes though, not 8 hour, as I discovered yesterday
one pair silver Birkis

and one pair of North Face slippers. We call them shoe tents around the house.

thats it.

Since developing plantar faciitis last year, my shoe wardrobe was decimated. I now really have to focus on comfort and support. My first purchases were the pumps and the merrels. I am on the hunt for boots and flats this year. We'll see. I have so many requirements for comfort and style, and I need the price to fit my budget too, so I'm pretty restricted. However I feel that my current collection pretty much fits my needs. Like I said, I want to replace the crappy flats, and I need good winter fall boots, but other than that I like all the pairs I have.

Ah--- now I realize why I look homeless next to all you lovely ladies! Well, there are a lot of reasons, but serious lack of good shoes is one of them.

I have 4 pairs of shoes total (5 if you count slippers, 6 if you count shower shoes). Now, technically I have many, many more than that--- however, they are all on their way to consignment. I don't think they should count if you can't wear a single pair for more than 20 minutes. Between complications from an old injury and my feet changing sizes (for the same reason) my shoe collection has been decimated and it has been 3 years spent trying to start again.

Right now I have:

Brooks Cascadia 4 running shoes (they stopped making and now I have to find a replacement, *cries*)
Montrail recovery flip flops (very gear-ish, but I am desperate, 4-6 hour shoes)
Lace up oiled leather cowboy boots ( 2 inch heel, 8 years old, need replacing, 8 hour )
Naturalizer "ugly" mary jane wedges (had to have something to wear to graduation, the college required pumps-- 1 hour shoes)

I also have a pair of Uggs driving moc type slippers (sadly they are my favorite, but luckily you won't catch me wearing them out of the house-- more because I don't want them ruined then to keep up appearances--- I really am desperate here!)

I have tried multiple pairs of every arch support and comfort brand out there, and most of the types that you can remove the insole for your own orthotic. Everything from clarks to cole hann air to birks failed.

I desperately need new running shoes, a new pair of casual tennies, a pair of dress shoes/dressier boots, and a pair of hiking boots or boots to wear out and about.

The running shoes I will find. I am also going to order a pair of jack purcells and pray they work. For the other two I am at a loss.

Ah yes shoes... my weakness... I have way too many.. over 75 pairs! Yikes!!

Boo hoo ~ I have only just come back to this thread (lost track of it!) and have missed seeing the pic of Taylor's fab shoe collection. Flicker won't let me see it as it's private now, waaah!

elly its hard. SHoes are really really hard if you have fussy feet. Don't give up. You can do it! And when you do find em? Duplicate them. It seems decadent, but you'll be so glad you did.

Oh dear 3 days in and the less than 8 hour pile is 2 pairs higher!!!!

I have probably about 45 pairs of shoes and most of them are heels! Being a shoe-tique owner, it's just an occupational hazard to acquire so many! LOL!

50! I love shoes!
http://www.designsbymandiboutique.com

Drat also unable to view Taylor's fab shoe collection. For myself I have 45 pairs of shoes (sandals, boots and shoes), of which, half are 8 hour friendly. I should really toss the other half if I can get the nerve to do so.

I just ordered 2 pairs of Cole Haan heels with air Nike technology...apparently even the 3 inch heels are all day shoes....we shall see!

I'll also be buying a pair of nude or silver heels this weekend as I'm going to a wedding soon and don't have shoes to go with the dress I'm planning to wear.

Shoes are one of my favorite things to buy, but they are in constent rotation. When new one comes in the old once go out, so I really don't have that many, I'm guessing about 20 mark.

so including the two pairs i bought this weekend ok, really i own about 75 pairs. i am really hard on shoes though so i buy when i see them knowing ill need them eventually. how many i could walk in for 8 hours is a tough question because it's rare i in my life that i need a shoe for that purpose. i'm sure the 3 inch slingbacks i wore to work today wouldn't cut it but i would look silly walking around in those for 8 hours. but they were completely comfortable for a day of officewear.

Too many. I'm ashamed to count.

Then just take a pic (or two or three), mac

Ok - so, my first attempt at purging my shoe collection resulted in donating 18 pairs. That leaves me with 84 - not counting the ones that I have left at my parents' house back in the midwest so that when I go visit I don't have to worry about packing shoes. Also, can you believe this? - of all 84 pairs, there is not one pair of just regular standard black knee-high boots. Good grief - I'm embarrased.

I'm going to go count now, but I'm guesstimating 25 pairs of shoes and boots, including my functional shoes like running shoes, hiking boots, rain boots, and for hiking-out-to-cabin-snow-boots. I'll get back to you later!

This will take some doing, back to you later. My closet is in such disarray right now, you have to walk thru my bathroom to get to it and we are in the middle of a remodel!

Marley don't be embarrassed. I'm the same I haven't counted mine yet but I'm guessing well over 30 pairs and of that there are only about 5 which are 8 hour shoes!!! x