Shoe Whore

One of my favorite pastimes is to go to Elle.com/shopping and view the latest fashions and shoes. From Missoni to Jimmy Choo, Elle’s site has it all. As the shoes flash across the screen displaying the bright yellows, pinks, wedges, gladiators and all, I began to think about the shoes I have in my own closet. None as extravagant as these…but I do have a lot of shoes. 48 pair to be exact. When did Jelly’s come back in style…sorry saw some Michael Kors blue jellies flash across the screen. What was I saying…yes Shoes. Although I can’t afford the latest Louis Vuitton, Celine or Marc Jacobs I think I have a good collection for a girl my age, on my budget…which is currently unemployed :) Like any twenty something year old I have the basic black peep toe pumps, Jessica Simpson brand…oh those Christian Dior’s…the ones with the studded heel and the D charm that drops around the ankle, which comes in Black, demin baby blue and white…those are just the colors I’ve seen them in. So hard to concentrate on what is in my closet with the screen of Dolce & Gabbana gladiators.

Focus….in addition to the black patent leather peep toe pumps, I have some Mary Jane black suede peep toes from Nine West. Those are my babies…only wore them three times since I bought them last Fall. Any shoe closet is not complete without those pairs of shoes that you never seem to wear, but you bought them. Or those special occasions shoes. For instance I bought a pair of satin, sling back strappy sandals in an oatmeal peach color from BCBG that I wore to a wedding last September. I will wear them again…one day. Some others that are my absolute faves are my riding style/ pirate style black boots that are just below the knee from Nine West. Those shoes were a hassle to get. I almost got arrested for them. I saw them on the Macy’s website when I was shopping for clothes/shoes before my Christmas trip to NYC…we were staying by Rockefeller center, walking distance from 5th Ave. So I had to had to get everything perfect. Anyways, my boyfriend said he would buy them for me as a present…so while I was in one of my night classes I went to the site, and decided to just get them. So my boyfriend text me his CC# and I went to purchase them. Unfortunately for me Macy’s has all these rules that zipcodes and phone numbers need to match with the credit card numbers. Little did I know the billing address for this particular credit card was at my BF’s parent’s house in NYC. So Macy’s contacted his credit card company which froze my purchase and wouldn’t allow me, by name, to order anything from their site until the matter was cleared up.

I was afraid to tell him what happened, but at the same time I wanted my boots. The next day when he was at work I tried to call Macy’s to clear up the misunderstanding, and since I am not the cc holder, no my name is not Mrs. Rossi...that made the situation even worse because they thought it was stolen. So I called him at work on 3-way (can you tell I really wanted these boots?), he was in a meeting by the way, and tried to explain everything to him in 15 seconds so he could make it all better. I just wanted my $300 pair of boots. The matter was cleared up, thankfully and I didn’t get arrested for trying to use a stolen credit card. The things us women do for shoes. Now back to Elle’s shoe fashion show…ooohhh Prada, Nine West, Armani, Lanvin…shoes….drooling.