So Shoe Me

Morning Shoe Conversations with an Almost 3 year old

Last week:

Me:  Pick a pair of shoes to wear today Amelia.

Amelia: (gazes as box full of shoes)

Me:  Ok, Amelia, how about these brown shoes with pink polka dots?  They match your shirt?

Amelia:  I'm not sure...

Me:  How about the tennis shoes?

Amelia:  I don't know...

Me:  You just need to pick one.

Amelia:  Are these all of my shoes?  Aren't there some other shoes somewhere?

Me:  No, these SEVEN pairs of shoes that will fit you for apprioximately 6 months are the only ones you have.

Amelia:  Ok, I guess the brown ones will have to do.

 

Today:

Me:  Pick a pair of shoes to wear today Amelia.

Amelia:  I want boots

Boots

Me:  Ok (hand her pink boots she wore in the snow once)

Amelia: (begins to cry) Noooooo!!!! Those are snoooooooow boots!  I need schoooool boots!  (Look of disgust at the boots).

Me:  What are school boots?

Amelia:  With the doggie!!!! 

 

11.26

Me: (frantically scouring the house for "doggie boots" - Finding them in box in back of her closet.)   These boots?

Amelia: (huge smile of relief)  Those will be perfect for today mommy.

 

I guess some shoes just have a very specific time and place and when you want a certain shoe, nothing else will do.  I have no idea where she gets it.

Shoeblogging on hold.

Need to finish my shoe catalogue.  This blog has been interrupted by the flu.  Behold the face of the flu:

Sick

The one in which I talk about Shoes...

It usually takes about a few weeks after someone meets me when they finally break down and ask:

"How many pairs of shoes do you really own?"  

Fancy Tassle Shoes

Or, I will be somewhere with such a ridiculously frivoulous pair of shoes, that the person will think to themselves, "if she owns those impractical shoes, how many pairs of shoes must she own?"  And then they ask me.

Truth is... I have no idea.  And, to have a shoe blog called So Shoe Me, and not really know how many pair I own, seems irresponsible. 

Manolo the Shoeblogger  claims that I should only have 10 pair of shoes.  I think he's just talking about men though, so we'll move on.  I appreciate the assessment of The Thoughful Dresser who recognizes that it is appropriate to own both "Shoes that were in the sale and which were bought because they were so cheap but which you don't really like and shoes that seemed like a good idea at the time."  I have several pair of each and then some...

I'm going to take the better part of the weekend putting together a very nice storyboard for you all highlighting the shoes. 

Because, that's what it's all about, right?   Stay tuned.

Shoe Collection

 

 

Happy New Year

Snow eater