My biggest passion: SHOES! Ever since I was a small girl of 3, I have been obsessed with shoes! I would love to visit my Aunt Joy, she had the closet of shoes and purses every girl dreamed of having. I would play for hours at her house in her shoes and purses. As I am told, by the time I left, there was a trail through the entire house of matching shoes and purses. Then comes the real reason (Freudian reason) I am obsessed with shoes. When I was 4 or 5 my mother threw out my favorite blue suede lace up shoes while I was asleep one night! Apparently she didn't have any idea where they could have disappeared to???? "News Flash Mom", They didn't just walk away by themselves..... When we discuss this incident, she assures me she doesn't remember the shoes, but assumes they looked and smelled bad, so she had to get rid of them. (I think she just didn't like them)
From that point in my life until I was a teenager, I would sleep with my shoes under my bed, for fear of the "shoe monster". I would dream about my shoes, the sound they made when I walked in them, the smell of the leather, the feel of my feet in them and how great my outfit looked paired with them.
Today, at 42, I am still obsessed with shoes! I really haven't counted lately how many pairs I own, it might be embarrassing to know. The most magical thing about shoes, is that they always fit! You can go shopping and not find one dress, pants or shirt that fits right, but shoes.....they fit! You can transform an outfit with gorgeous shoes and boots. You can make yourself taller with a nice heel or platform! I am "unofficially "5'8 with my magic lifts on!
With the perfect pedicure and the right walk you can get everyone to pay attention to your jeweled up feet and forget that you gained weight. That's right "shoes are magical"! I even buy shoes as a souvenir from my travels! No more plates, buttons, thimbles or postcards, SHOES are the best reminder of that fabulous trip or vacation.
So the next time you feel fat, can't find anything to fit, or feel short, go buy yourself some nice leather high heeled pretty shoes!
My new favorites won't post, so if you go to look, the one's I want don't ship until November....Boooohooo
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