Prompted by our very own Mr Cockney! :laugh:

I have never had a shoe obsession. In fact I don't actually own a pair of shoes at all (seriously).

My collection consists of:

2 pairs of sandals (flat) - one pair hurt
1 pair of sandals (dressy)
1 pair of boots (flat)
1 pair of boots (dressy) - hurt and never worn
3 pairs of slippers
2 pairs of trainers (one old and battered, the other for exercising)

And THAT'S IT.

Help, am I weird? Am I denying my femininity? :unsure: :laugh:

Help, am I weird?

You really need to ask?

Is data required from blokes? Probably not, but I'm here now so:

2 pairs of lace-up shoes (one black, one brown)
1 pair of trader boots (well-loved and much re-heeled)
1 pair of trainers
1 pair of sandals
1 pair of slippers
1 pair of flip flops

But since I started working from home I pretty much live in slippers in winter and flip flops or bare feet in summer.

Help, am I weird? Am I denying my femininity?

Not at all Ceri - I don't have a shoe obsession either!

Look I need to know...how many pairs of shoes does everyone else on here own? And thanks dab - all contributions greatly appreciated! :wink2:

Join the club Ceri - I own trainers, sandals that cut into my feet where the straps go, three pairs of boots, two pairs of trainers, and just one 'proper' pair of shoes. And anything I had with even the smallest heel on it is broken.

I expect Flip will redress the balance :)

Ok.....

2 pairs of flip flops
4 pairs of sandals (dressy)
1 pair of boots (flat for football)
1 pair of boots (dressy)
1 pair of slippers
2 pairs of trainers (one for excercising, one for everyday wear)
1 pair of work shoes (winter)
1 pair of work shoes (summer)

3 boots:
flat knee high tan leather (like riding boots)
brown suede, mid calf length with white stitching and wedge heel
Black ankle with high kitten heel and pointy toe

Shoes:
Minxey kitten ones in patterned fabric
Brown leather clog types
Black leather clog type - with heel strap

Sandals:
Wedgy type in brown leather
Action man flip flops
Brown leather strappy
Black leather, strappy round the ankle
High sling back posh black

Trainers:
Running pair (very dirty)
2 other pairs bought to run in but too uncomfortable.

Wellies:
1 pair green.

I have some others which I have decided to throw out as I didn't want them on my list here - if they don't make the list they are out.

I have

2 pairs of boots

1 pair of steel toe cap boots

2 pairs of trainers

2 pairs of shoes

1 pair Wellies green.



Floopy has at a conserved estimate

50 odd pairs

I expect Flip will redress the balance :)

Well yes - probably :blush:

Do I honestly have to go and count?? Cos I have two huge packing cases still full from my move over 2 1/2 years ago which I haven't even looked at in that time.

But in my wardrobe presently - I would hazard a guess at over 120 pairs. So with the lot in the garage I would guess around 200 pairs.

And in that there is 1 pair of trainers, and 1 pair of aptly named flip flops.

I have a stupid and ludicrous amount of shoes/boots, and funnily enough I only ever wear one pair at a time. Unlike my Ma in Law who, at a recent family gathering wore completely different shoes!! God I love that woman!!

Is there something about people whose usernames begin with F and an unhealthy shoe obsession??! :shocking:

Imelda springs to mind. :laugh:

I don't really have that many, but just looking I do seem to have a lot of boots :w00t:

Boots :

Brown everyday ankle lace up boots.
Knee high black boots.
Black ankle wedge highish heel boots.
Another pair of black ankle boots but with smaller heel.
Black heeled granny type lace up ankle boots (my favourite for going out in)
Black suede flat ankle lace up.
Beige walking type boots (have only worn once cause they give me blisters)

Casual :

Flat blue slip on shoes.
Beige/brown flat lace up.
Trainers

Sandals :

Brown slip on sandals
Black heeled strappy sandals.

And of course my ever trusty slippers that I wear as soon as I get in the house.

Is there something about people whose usernames begin with F and an unhealthy shoe obsession??! :shocking:

:blush: Seemingly yes

Boots

1 pair flat black knee-length
1 pair flat black suede knee length
1 pair brown flat cavalry style
1 pair beige suede flat over the knee :wub:

1 pair rasberry suede and croc with spiky heels :wub:
(so good I bought the twice so black as well)

2 pairs flat black ankle boots, one with kitten heels
Ditto in brown

1 pair purple suede ankle boots flat
1 pair fur lined black suede ankle boots

1 pair Timberlands
1 pair green hiking boots
1 pair blue suede riding boots (with chaps)
1 pair black rubber riding boots
1 pair green wellies
1 pair black wellies
1 pair rollerblading boots

Oh yes 1 pair brown cowskin midcalf flatties

...and shoes, sandals etc galore.

Not many shoes here...

Toe post Hush Puppy flattie sandals (I live and die in these, summer and winter)
walking boots, sort of trainer stylee
Rubber riding boots
Black cowboy boots
lace up deck shoes
black stiletto mules
black and fuschia stiletto sandals
high white strappy cork wedge mules
brown suede desert boots!

M

Shoes - 21

Boots - 1

Trainers - 4

Cloggy/sandal things - 1

Wellies - 1


I'm thinking this might be too many for a man? :unsure:

I'm thinking this might be too many for a man? :unsure:
I'm thinking that too :w00t:

Floopy has at a conserved estimate

50 odd pairs

Not odd pairs, you understand, pairs that match. At some point I might get round to listing them, but I think 50 is about right.

Cockney, you forgot your slippers :devil:

Well, I didn't think I had lots of shoes (and compared to Flip, I don't), but I was quite surprised by how many pairs I DO have:

Boots:

1 pair high heeled black ankle boots
1 pair high heeled brown suede ankle boots
1 pair knee length black boots with kitten heel
1 pair knee length tan boots with lowish heel

Wellies:

1 pair green which stink and I don't wear (because I think there is something dead in them, but I am too wimpy to look)
1 red left wellie and 1 dark blue right wellie - I wear these as a pair!

Flip Flops:

1 white
1 black
1 black with glittery stuff on them

Shoes:

I pair dark blue court shoes with square toe
1 pair black, low heeled shoes
1 pair Brown low heeled shoes
1 pair tan low heeled shoes
1 pair black mules
1 pair killer heels in dark blue
1 seriously goergeous pair of Dune shoes in black, high heeled with with diamante design
1 pair of dark red, satin mules. High heeled.
Pair of slip on, clog style, trainer type shoes.
Pair of ballet shoe style summer shoes in blue.

Trainers:

1 pair for exercising. Need replacing.
1 brown trainer type shoe. Cr@p for exercising, but look cool with brown combats.

Miscellaneous:

2 pairs of ski boots (one old, one never worn yet)

bluddy heck. I WEAR all those too!!!! :ohmy:

I only own 2 pairs of shoes, Im not really bothered about shoes, the rest are boots, trainers and flip floppy things.......

Shoes:
1 pair of black pointy spike heeled witch like shoes (that I lurve but dont wear for long cos they hurt!)
1 pair of black clumpy court shoes (these are the interview and 1st day at work shoes)

Trainers:
1 pair of black suede Vans
1 pair of white and pink Lacoste
1 pair of blue suede Ellesse's or DC is it??? cant remember!

Boots:
1 pair of walking boots (about 5 years old now and still comfy and sturdy)
1 pair of flat black suede fur lined boots with fur tops
1 pair of lace up victorian style knee high boots small heeled (not too comfy)

Flip Flops/Mules/Summer thingys:
1 pair of turquoise glittery flip flops
1 pair of leather "jesus style" flip flops
1 pair of kitten heeled "bling" dressy flip flops
1 pair of rainbow hologram flip flops
1 pair of ancient blue suede wooden clogs
1 pair of black clumpy flip flops
1 pair of O'Niell surf type flip flops
1 pair of white glittery flip flops
1 pair of orange and yellow epsadrils with the ribbons that tie up your leg


Hmmmmm I guess my obsesssion is flip flops :laugh: :laugh:

Mmmm, shoes. :wub:

I have lots, but no where near as many as Flip *sighs*

I would guess I have about 30 pairs of footwear, but I'm not sure how many exactly. My colleagues laugh at me because I have five pairs of work shoes that I keep in their boxes in a cupboard next to my desk. :wub:

I have recently bought a number of wonderfully silly pairs of shoes including these delightful ones by Irregular Choice:
http://www.noflysonus.com/products/detail_zoom/3116.gif

:w00t: :shocking: Wow, that's some pair of shoes, Rothera

They are absolutely delicious. I wore them out for the first time with jeans to my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary lunch. I took one of them off to show my nan, and she ended up passing them round the table for all the family to see. :blush:

Funnily enough, all my female relatives admired them (although I don't know whether they would choose to wear them themselves), and all my male relatives made comments about how the heels were screwed on. :w00t:

I got them from www.noflysonus.com (http://www.noflysonus.com/search.asp?strManufacturer=Irregular%20Choice). Check them out if you are into mad shoes. :)

Oh my good gawd :w00t: , these are quite spectacular.

http://www.noflysonus.com/products/detail2_zoom/2998.gif

:wub:

I have recently bought a number of wonderfully silly pairs of shoes including these delightful ones by Irregular Choice:
http://www.noflysonus.com/products/detail_zoom/3116.gif


They are quite delicious Rothera - right up my street!!:cool:

Due to my foul family genes I am blessed with watery weak ankles and long boney feet so for safety, comfort and other peoples sensitivities I steer clear of high heels, court shoes etc. I also cant wear anything between my toes, so all flip flops and most sandles are also out.. :cry:


I get by by doing an Imelda on the boots front - flat, heeled, suede, leather, pointy, square, black, mad colours - anything that covers me plates of meat!!

last count was 20 pairs that I wear regularly, and countless others that I refuse to throw out even though they are ancient / scuffed / uncomfortable / NEVER going to be fashionable again / good grief I must have been drunk when I bought those...............:wacko:

Jaysus I would break my bleeding neck if I wore either of those pairs of rather exquisite shoes/boots :blink:

I havent worn heels higher than 2in since I was about 27 :laugh:

Right, so all female members beginning with "F" have a thing about shoes. I wonder how many pairs Flyo has? :laugh:

Oh my good gawd :w00t: , these are quite spectacular.

http://www.noflysonus.com/products/detail2_zoom/2998.gif

I almost bought those ones too, but Mr Rothera told me that they were too expensive, and that the charms wouldn't show under my jeans anyway. :blush:

I still hanker after them, but I don't think they have them in my size anymore. :cry:

Right, so all female members beginning with "F" have a thing about shoes. I wonder how many pairs Flyo has? :laugh:

Flyo is A MAN Ceri

*dreads to think the length of kookys post will be in this thread* :lol:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ceridwen
Right, so all female members beginning with "F" have a thing about shoes. I wonder how many pairs Flyo has? :laugh:


Cockney
Flyo is A MAN Ceri




Bless you Cockney - sometimes you are SO sweet I could kiss you!

I myself have:

1 pair long boots
1 pair ankle boots
1 pair black leather mules
1 pair black flat shoes
1 pair sparkly court shoes with low heel
1 pair ordinary court shoes with low hell
1 pair very very grubby trainers
and a pair of safety shoes which I wear for gardening
ooooh and my wellies which I love finding any excuse to wear!

Oooh Kookycat is replying to this thread as I type.

I'd best get comfy. I could be waiting a long time for her to finish.....

*dreads to think the length of kookys post will be in this thread* :lol:

OI!!!!! watch it. u's were lucky i am late in spotting this thread and its probably died a death and no one will be interested but here goes. Also i spent ages writing my lovely shoe list and every shoe has a story!!! so please take the time!

currently i have a pump obsession (all bought within the past 6 months or so)!!! and i just recently spotted in vogue there is a shop in london called lucky with metallic coloured pumps of every colour imaginable!!!! i think i would go crazy if i went there, i SO SO SO wish they did mail order!

gold ballet pumps
silver ballet pumps
black with silver sparkle ballet pumps
khaki green with a metallic bronze trim pumps
teal green plimsoll pump things (look like converse under jeans, 2 days old, but only coz i had a skirt on that day and was freezing so had to buy some shoes and tights, excuses!)

trainers

yellow and grey mesh puma mostro
blue and grey mesh puma mostro
black and pink puma mostro (are you sensing i like pumas?)
blue and white puma sprints

flip flops

clear plastic ones
pink ones with a tiny cute ickle heart on the strap
pink thin strapped ones with the straps kinda interlocking
wooden heeled ones with dimante straps
clear wedge heeled ones (no longer worn)

boots

flat plain suede ones
black kinky bondagy ones (they are 5" with a metal heel and lace up bit at the back, hurt like hell so only use them occasionally, i.e. when i need to seduce someone)
black stilettoe heeled ones with a chain hanging from them (they are my usual going out boots)
beige suede flat ones with fur all on the inside (fake) and suede bits that tie all round them (a cross between the ghastly mukluk boots and uggs but WAAAY nicer)

night time shoes

KG metallic pink and black stilletoes. thin straps interlocking (LOVE THEM and i got them a year ago and they still smell new!)
black dimante stilletoes with straps that sorta wrap round my foot
normal black stilletoe sandals
white dimante slingbacks
light pink stilletoes that have a HUGE dimante bit round me ankle
bertie kitten heeled flip flops (remember those bertie bad boys?? almost killed me once)

other category (for those shoes i have but no real category

black t-bar shoes (for presentations and boring stuff, sensible but oh so fashionable)
square toed court shoes with a buckle across the front (more sensible shoes, these were from my school days but still wearable)
flat pointy slingbacks with a butterfly on the front (got them for my first day of full-time work but killed me so much they just look pretty in the box now)
mesh mary-janes (swapped the butterfly slingbacks for these boring but comfortable shoes)


last but not least today i bought some fabbbbbby brown suede with gold trim vintage style court peep toes. £15 from new look!! bargain!!


ok pj u were right my list is a tad long, and to think those are only the shoes i wear, i have plenty more ghastly ones from my school disco days (bubble wedge ones popularised by spice girls for example!!). yet with that many shoes i still dont have ones for every occasion!!!! (by that i mean shoes that go with every outfit and thats why i bought more today!!)

Kookycat..where do you keep all of these shoes?????

you ask a good question!! i keep them all in their shoe boxes stacked up in my room. but the ones i wear most frequently are all over my room, the downstairs shoe cupboard, my bf's house etc. i cant wait for the day i have my own house and i'll get a walk in wardrobe and a polaroid and get pics taken of my shoes so i can stick them on the shoeboxes!! that is the dream.

Oooh Kookycat is replying to this thread as I type.

I'd best get comfy. I could be waiting a long time for her to finish.....

lol i just noticed this!! karen i mustve took so long u got fed up coz u dont appear to be here anymore!!!

Right...hmmm

I have:

2 pairs sports trainers (1 pair for sport one tatty old pair for decorating)
6 pairs sued trainers (different colours(1 pair for gardening stuff))
2 pairs walking boots (1 leather, 1 trainer style)
1 pair walking shoes
1 pair casual ankle boots
1 pair sandals
2 pair flip flops
1 pair court shoes
1 pair T strap sandals (blue from Yugoslavia and fab)
1 pair summer shoe (don't really like)
1 pair wet suit booties
1 pair sensible work shoes
1 pair old work shoes

Gosh that's alot of shoes when I only really wear the same three pairs! :unsure:

Heh, just searched for my name to see if anyone had mentioned me while I was gone and this thread came up... and it's terrible...

I have 1 pair of trainers which are (literally) falling to pieces... oops.
1 pair of work shoes.
And 1 pair of comfy shoes that I wear when my trainers are falling to pieces/feet hurt.

I hate buying shoes, or anything to do with shoes.

I have 1 pair of trainers which are (literally) falling to pieces... oops.
1 pair of work shoes.
And 1 pair of comfy shoes that I wear when my trainers are falling to pieces/feet hurt.
.

Forget hating buying shoes - necessity Fly - cease the Grolsh for a fortnight and buy yourself some shoes - Shoes Maketh Man - you know??

I prefer the Grolsch.