Thursday, November 16, 2006

shine up the old brown shoes...

i am bob. listeners to the strombo show will understand this comment later.

this weekend, it was wet and stormy. when i finally managed to pull my ass out of bed on sunday, i decided to re-organize my front hall closet. this closet used to my sole domain, but my brother has recently decided to use it as well. even tho' he has a huge double sized closet and i only have a tiny baby sized closet but.. whatever. i started by pulling together my shoes from various rooms of my place. bedroom, closet, office and cleaning them. much to my horror, i discovered i have at least 43 pairs of footwear! now, this list does include stuff like slippers, flip flops, snowboots, gym shoes.

11 pairs of assorted sneakers
14 pairs of assorted boots
7 pairs of assorted sandals/flip flops
1 pair of slippers
10 pairs of various shoes

i am bob.

13 comments:

mellowlee said...

Yeeeeeeks, and avalanche of footwear! I never get to listen to the strombo show, so the Bob referrence is lost on me...sadly :(

668 aka neighbour of the beast said...

bob owns 46 pairs of shoes.

Evelyne said...

wow, that's a lot of shoes... i should count how many i have too... but i have a question though, are you always wearing the same pair of shoes? because i know that i have more than one pair of shoes, but it seems that i always wear the same one...

668 aka neighbour of the beast said...

i did manage to pull two pairs of shoes out, i either need to get them repaired or toss them.

i almost always wear one of two pairs of shoes. they are australian boots and they are the best. super comfy in any weather.

Barbara said...

You are Bob!
Do any of these shoes need to be thrown out?
You must have a great shoe budget.
I can only sigh and envy.

668 aka neighbour of the beast said...

no, my problem is that i am an awesome sale shopper. i can walk into a store and find the best things on sale. most of my shoes are bought when they are at least 40% off. the concept of paying full retail escapes me.

this is a story my friend likes to use as an example of my shopping luck. my friend and i are walking thru the mall and we stop at this shoe store that has one of those dump bins. this bin is full of the ugliest shoes you can imagine. the bin is labelled buy one get the other free. we are like omg, these are the ugliest shoes i have ever seen. and the dump bin is full. i reach in, stick my hand into the depths of the pile and pull out a pair of awesome shoes, marked at ten bucks. in my size. we dig thru bin frantically, finding another pair for my friend in her size. these are the only two like it in the bin. they are now my friend's favourite shoes ever.

however, i have put myself on a shoe ban right now. especially runners.

and i have put two pairs of shoes in the i need to try on pile because i don't think they really fit me that well pile. if i get rid of them, i'm down to 39. good lord.

mellowlee said...

Wow! that's a lot of shoes alright! My fav would be those funky fabulous rain boots. I would love for it to rain just so's I could wear them :) heehee

668 aka neighbour of the beast said...

haha.. i paid full price for those puppies... twenty bucks!

Allison said...

wow, i own 5 pairs of shoes, total.

668 aka neighbour of the beast said...

i am not proud of this fact. in fact, i feel rather shameful.

i used to be rather hard on shoes. plus i was always buying really really cheap shoes. so they were always falling apart after about a year or so. i think i keep thinking i am in that place still. but either i am kinder to my shoes or i am buying better shoes because my shoes are lasting a lot longer. i have to remember this and not try to "stock" up.

Toccata said...

That's so funny. You most definitely are Bob.


20 bucks for the rainboots was well spent. Those are awesome. I saw someone in Starbucks today wearing green rainboots and I thought, I know someone with way cooler boots!

668 aka neighbour of the beast said...

hahaha!

Toccata said...

I'm glad you didn't take offence by what I had said. I think my parents just couldn't deal with it and then time marches on and suddenly it's been too long that everyone is scared to bring it up. And you know, except for that I really have had a fantastic life.