Shoes!

How many pairs of shoes do you own?

Now my dressing room is set up, I have a tall bookshelf upon which most of my footwear is displayed. It's surprisingly difficult to make an accurate count, but including the pair of boots which has to stay in the wardrobe (too tall), the trainers I actually wear all the time, and the pair of chorus performance shoes I wear for concerts, I think I have twenty four pairs. Possibly twenty-five.

It sounds like quite a lot (although my hairdresser has 72 pairs of shoes), but they do mostly have different functions:
—smart shoes with highish heels (in burgundy, pink, and black);
—smart shoes with lowish heels (in gold, red, and black);
—smartish ankle boots;
—summer shoes/sandals (blue, red);
—smartish flat shoes (brown, burgundy, silver, black);
—casual flat shoes/trainers (sage green, black, blue, gold, sequinned black, white with flowers);
—shiny party shoes (multicolour glittery, gold, black dance shoes)
—tall grey boots
—multiglittered chorus performance shoes.

Okay, so… twenty-four. The old blue trainers and the flat blacks may have to be jettisoned soon anyway for reasons of (a) falling apart and (b) not actually fitting me properly, but they're sometimes useful anyway. There are also some tap shoes and two pairs of sequinned slippers… which I've decided don't count towards the total.

I should probably pass the white floral Docs along to someone who yearns for them, if I can find such a someone. Any Campers with size 42 feet who'd like to try them? I'm very fond of them, but they don't quite work on my feet.

The newest additions were acquired yesterday, when I augmented my foot wardrobe by a pair of gold facetted Nike trainers from a charity shop.

So, how many pairs of shoes do you own?