I just counted and I have 25 pairs of jeans! Now 23 pair, I tossed 2. And this isn't including maternity and big sized jeans for after baby. I love jeans and am a stay at home mom. I have 26 pairs of shoes out, and probably another 10 away waiting for summer. We get all 4 seasons here so I have lots of different footwear. Too many? Can we ever have too many? My thing is as long as they have a spot to be put away, I'm good.

If it's in your budget, fits in your space, and you will wear all of it, then it isn't too much.

The problem arises when you're going into debt, running out of room, or are have an abundance of closet orphans.

Maya, I'm not having any of those problems. Phew!

I'm not surprised by the shoe comments (I was expecting people to have loads of shoes, since so many women really like them), but I was a little surprised by how many people have relatively few pairs of jeans. Perhaps the women in this forum are good at dressing well in skirts/dresses because you love fashion and style? I'm a little out of my comfort zone in skirts, I admit. Lately I've had this urge to dress in a more feminine way than before, so I'm making myself wear a skirt or dress at least twice a week....but jeans are still my fave. I have pretty much all cuts and washes, from super skinny dark wash to faded out surfer wide legs....*sigh* jeans just go with everything.

More than seven would be to many, there are seven days a week and you could wear on each day, but I have more than seven pairs and seldom use some of them, have to restrain my self in buying another...

This really intrigued me! Thanks to Elisabeth for starting this thread... I agree with those who say too much is really just too much if it is making a problem in your life. I felt the same way about having too little. L

Elisabeth, I don't wear skirts that often in the winter. My alternative to jeans are wool pants, cords ( which Angie dislikes ) , and heavier chino type material.

I currently have 17 pairs of jeans.

2 leans
3 skinnies (one is courduroy)
9 bootcuts
3 straight legs

I do wear jeans to work everyday although I could probably cut these down to half and not be wanting.

Shoes
Guessing here, between 30 and 40 and this includes at least a dozen boots

I have three pair of jeans. Two are identical (well one is older and one is newer). One will probably be tossed before April because they are at risk for a crotch hole. The other one is not ppl, but will be this summer with flats and sandals (it was ppl for my regular shoes, but shrunk dramatically). I love jeans and wear them pretty much everyday. I don't own any other trousers and don't wear skirts or dresses at all during our long winter. In the summer I have two pair of casual shorts and two skirts that I occasionally wear. I have lots of dresses but those usually only get worn a couple of times of year.

I have several pair of jeans that don't fit that I have saved (up until recently I had two homes with two wardrobes, so plenty of space to save those jeans that I needed to lose a few pounds for).

Shoes are my sob story. Started having foot problems about 3 years ago and slowly lost the ability to wear all my lovely shoes! Right now I am down to my cowboy boots (which are aged), my running shoes, my hiking boots, a pair of brown clogs, a pair of flip flops, and a pair of naturalizer heels. I've recently started having less foot pain and hopefully with some more physical therapy (I've been remiss) I can start wearing other shoes. I also need to to the PT anyway, because some of the foot pain is being transferred to the knees. So, six pairs not including my snow pacs-- I still have quite a few other pairs hanging around that have "failed" or I can't part with