Monday Shoe Porn: L-A’s collection of 41

L-A: We kicked off last week with some shoe porn by taking a look at the 46 pairs that Eden owns (and yes, the kicking pun was totally intended; the shoe porn I should probably lay off of as it may get us some unwanted traffic). We thought we’d make it a semi-regular feature where we take pics of our shoes and share them with you (this might also be useful for insurance purposes in the future). So you can judge us and our taste in shoes.

Here’s my collection. There might be one or two pairs MIA (like my red converse all stars from grade nine – they are held together with duct tape and have writing all over them from high school friends. I never wear them, but cannot part with them. I’m going to have them bronzed or something). I have tried to arrange them in a semi-logical order, but word press is trying hard to ignore this order. I’ve also tried to tell you wear I purchased them – for the hell of it.

Bos & Co (Comfort Shoes, Park Lane) Steve Madden (Biscuit Boxing Day Sale) Calvin Klein (frigging sweet deal at DSW) Cole Haan (TJ Maxx - sadly they are about a half size too small, even though they sized 10.5) Ralph Lauren (Winners) Coach (DSW) Indigo (outlet store - Cabazon) Blowfish (gift; worn to death this past summer) Kenneth Cole Tribeca (gift) Nine West (gift) Sam & Libby (an outlet store) unknown (Sweet Pea) unknown (gift) (it's weird, but inside of the shoe shredded first time I wore them) Jessica Simpson (gift) Kenneth Cole (I think. Can't remember when/where they were purchased) Dr. Scholl's (Urban Outfitters online - wore these all the time in Ghana) Unknown ("borrowed" from my mom's closet) Lacoste (DSW) Aerosoles ("borrowed" from my mom - they went really well with a dress) Clark's (Winners. May in Toronto is way warmer than in NS so I had to buy shoes) flip flops of various brands Azalea (Comfort Shoes - sale rack) Unknown (Shoe Company) Naturalizer (probably Marshalls - I've never actually worn them) Doc Martens (Marshalls in New Haven - I should get rid of them but cannot) No Name (Pearl River, NYC) Børn (gift - not my taste anymore, should get rid of them) Pony (sale - Dayle's in Amherst, NS) Eleanor Grosch Keds (Winners) Keds (Marshalls) (this is why I'm not making fun of Eden's Keds) Kangaroos (DSW) No idea. can't find match in closet either (shows how much I exercise) Nike (obvs) (Marshalls) Adidas (gift - I was listening to a lot of Beastie Boys at the time, the closest I'll come to a hip hop phase) Indigo (sale at Dayle's in Amherst, NS) Rockport (yard sale full of unworn size 10s) unknown with bad Murakami/Vuitton knockoff pattern (gift) ? (gift - probably Marshalls) LL Bean (Freeport ME store - we have cold wet winters in NS) Børn (Marshalls probably; worn to death, but damn comfy) Birks (National Shoes, Corner Brook. This is the period when I was working/living at summer camps and in Banff)

Shoes! Love them? Hate them? I know that some of my shoes are looking threadbare and some are just horribly out of date/out of sync with my current style. Whatevs. I’ve got some pack rat tendencies. I definitely need more boots. And both pairs of rainboots have to go (one pair I’m over and the other got a crack in the foot rendering them kind of useless as rainboots). I’ve counted my flip flops as one pair because they’re, well, flip flops. They’re like slippers or something. I have them, I wear them, but I don’t count them as individual shoes the way I do all my others.

With my collection being at 41 pairs, I think that if I get one more pair, I might find the answer to life, the universe and everything. Then again…perhaps my Chuck Taylor’s are the 42nd pair and are the answer. I should find those so I can work on the question (/complete and utter geekery).

Over…Just Like That.

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