no shoe for you.

one of the benefits of moving to a new home is having the opportunity to take inventory of the things you’ve collected over time. for many years, i was really, really into shoes. i bought them in such quantity that when i got my own apartment, they had their own closet. i would carefully display them and admire with great self-satisfaction, how mighty fine they all looked as a collective whole.

but with the wedding coming up, i’ve made some decidedly adult-ish financial changes. with a heavy heart, i slashed my credit cards and set a new budget, which just doesn’t have the room for shoe purchases. so i took a look through my collection after the move. folks- things are looking grim. I have a few pristine beauties amongst a modest selection of neutral pumps and metallic flats. an embellishment here and there. a pair of kick ass motorcycle boots and summery striped espadrilles. but many of my old favorites look really sad and need a trip to the shoe repairman. i fear that many of them are not salvageable.


so you can only imagine the stew of jealously and self-pity brewing in my stomach when i see images like these. the color! the variety! the unexpected patterning! omg that heel! the flipping awesomeness of those pradas! miu miu, i heart you! I feel delight. joy. then i might whimper a bit, shed some tears, which are likely followed by a crippling depression.

just kidding. but it goes something like that.

so these images are all i’ve got these days. send me your drool-worthy shoe blogs, people. i’m a woman with problem. i do realize this post probably doesn’t make much sense, although it does give you a peek at the delirium of my retail-addiction withdrawal. why don’t we just file this post under the “oddities” category and be done with it. rant, over.

set one: images 1+3 from sea of shoes, image 2 from Freunde von Freunden image 4+5 from mustard and sage, and image 5 from a sweet concoction (originally posted at {this is glamorous})

second set:from glamour paraguaio

3: this is glamorous / 4: unknown / 5: this is glamorous