i confess: i am a shoe addict...

and i do not discriminate...i love the heels as much as i love all the ballet flats i've accumulated...but the thing is...i wear all my shoes...not at the same time of course...but throughout the years...all my shoes are worn...over and over...

i've often wondered when my obsession for shoes started...since i was a tomboy for most of my childhood...but one distinct memory i have of buying shoes was in high school...i worked as a sales girl in a surplus store...we sold camping equipment...those famous painters pants...converse tennis shoes...just a mish mash of stuff that had nothing to do with each other...and believe me...there was nothing "girlie" about the place...

one day though...the owner of the store blocked off a corner section and started bringing in designer shoes...we had shoes like impo & sbicca...(wow...i'm really dating myself now)...and the shoes ran about $50 to $75 a pair...which back then (haha)...it was a lot of money to spend on shoes...especially for a girl in high school...but the owner made a deal with us employees (2 other girls and myself)...for every 10 pairs of shoes we sold...we would get a pair of shoes for free...

well...you don't have to ask me twice...i'm sure my mom & dad thought i was doing something illegal on the side...because i was bringing home like 2 to 3 pairs of shoes each week...yes...i was on a roll...

this was where my love of sales started...(well selling something you are passionate about...makes all the difference) and my realization that one pair of shoes wouldn't do...although i really had more then one pair of shoes...

i always say...shoes can make or break an outfit...this is one area...one should never skimp on quality...why would you do that to the part of your body that carries you?

shoes are a lot like potato chips… you can never have just one...
~ stuart weitzman

i have to agree...