I hate it when people post just to post.....

[luluc 6]

susan, me too ... i actually dont even wear that many ... i basically live in my ugly black "tire" sandals that i got from lands end this summer ... LOVE em!

these look SO comfy....i live in my croc flip flops, when not barefoot..LOL

i use to be a shoe whore, but when i out grew most of them - because the feet got fat too:tongue_smilie:, comfy casual took over:)

[tapshoes 2]

LJM - Although they look sturdy, I would have no occasion to wear those - absolutely not with my skirts, and at home it is slippers inside, sneakers for running around town, and in my garden its my rubber boots or hiking shoes.

Susan/Leslie - Nope. Don't like ebooks. I love a new book without a cracked spine or mangled pages. When I am suffering 'new book' purchase pain, I do venture to used books store and bag a couple of bags to tide me over until my next bookstore run.

joyramonesgirl - I like books, but I would never volunteer to go anywhere naked even for an unlimited shopping spree. I might however ask if Plain would be my standin!!

Green - yes indeed, red shoes go lovely with navy too. As do my teal shoes, my white shoes, my open-toed pink ones, and so on...hence the need for many pairs!

[losingjusme 12]

these look SO comfy....i live in my croc flip flops, when not barefoot..LOL

i use to be a shoe whore, but when i out grew most of them - because the feet got fat too:tongue_smilie:, comfy casual took over:)

they are comfy and FUGLY as all hell!! DH hates them, i'm now throwing the pregnancy card at him... lol

LJM - Although they look sturdy, I would have no occasion to wear those - absolutely not with my skirts, and at home it is slippers inside, sneakers for running around town, and in my garden its my rubber boots or hiking shoes.

lol ... i pretty much wear 'em with everything ... when i was working, i even wore them with my dresses (i just didnt care in the end)... but now, what's a skirt?? :thumbup:

[Kat817 19]

I must state first that I do not work outside the home--------so, with that in mind, last count I had over 50 pairs of flip flops of all different kinds and colors!!

I do the monthly pedi, and love my flip flops----all of them from dressy to rubber pool shoes!!!

I can match dang near anything I wear......however I wear a pair of black Teva multi straps with almost everything!! Sheer laziness!!!

Kat

[Gracey 7]

I love books! Thankfully I got it from my mother so I borrow from her library. I read somewhere about a website (paperswap.com) where you only pay $2 for shipping. I haven't used it but thought it was an interesting concept. FYI

I borrowed "The Fair Tax Book" from a friend but haven't managed to crack it open yet. Alas, LBT and work interfere!

But don't get me wrong - I'm all about some shoes too!

Edited September 27, 2008 by SickNTired

[Fanny Adams 7]

I'm with the book women, not the shoe ladies! I have 11 6' bookshelves in my house, and I've read just about every book on them, many of them multiple times. (Okay, I haven't read every one of the Encyclopaedia Britannicas or Great Books of the Western World, but all the others!). I currently own 5 pairs of shoes: 1 pair steel-capped workboots (for work obviously), 1 pair good quality runners, 1 pair beat up wedge-heeled sandals, 1 pair leather thongs (flipflops to you guys), 1 pair cheap zip-up ankle boots. I'm gonna have to buy some new shoes for summer soon.

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

Shoes....... Did someone say shoes?

[MacMadame 81]

Sucks about the petrol shortage.

Oh, THAT kind of gas. If you need the other kind, I'm kind of full of it right now.

I think we are there and no one wants to admit it. Kinda like me when I was fat, but ignoring it doesn't make it go away..:bolt:

I've been saying we were in a recession since 2004. No one believes me though.

I'm not an expert

I'm not buying it. I'm SURE you are a jackass expert, plain. :tt1:

posting to see if anyone's heard from Mac and her sleeve op??

Apparently a lot of people heard from me. I was dialing while high on morphine from my hospital room. You can read all about it in my blog.

[tapshoes 2]

Hey Mac, great to hear from you!! And you are in fine spirits, too! YEAHH Mac!!!

[tapshoes 2]

I'm with the book women, not the shoe ladies! I have 11 6' bookshelves in my house

But I am both - lots of shoes and books! I only have 5 6' tall 5' wide bookshelves at the moment though; every time I move I sell bookshelves and books, and then start over (with the exception of maybe 2 bookshelves worth of books with which I will never part - from my first Nancy Drews to my 1 bookcase of only quilting, embroidery, knitting, sewing and crafts books.

The cost of moving books is astronomical!

[Fanny Adams 7]

every time I move I sell bookshelves and books, and then start over

*gasps in shock and horror* You SELL books and bookshelves?? I cannot bring myself to do such a blasphemous thing! I no longer borrow books from the library or from friends, because somewhere in my twisted mind lies the unshakeable deep conviction that once a book comes into my possession, by whatever means, it is MINE MINE MINE!!! Once I have my hands on them, I don't return them. I give friends fair warning - if you want me to read it, I'll buy a copy or you can give it to me, but I won't borrow it from you if you ever want it back again. I tend to read books over and over - it takes a pretty bad one to not warrant a second reading when I've gotten to the end of the collection yet again.

If it weren't for the expense of shipping and you weren't half a world away, I'd say next time you want to sell the collection, let me know - I'd be there with cash in hand and a pickup truck :bolt:

[tapshoes 2]

I'd love to be able to take ALL my books everywhere, but alas, moving every 3-5 years (at my own expense) negates that...sadly, I'm not independently wealthy, or else they would never leave me!! However, I am reassured that other bibliophiles benefit, and so the books go to a good home.

One thing I do: every time I fly, I buy a paperback best seller, and read it en-route. When I leave the plane, I leave the book behind, with my name(first only) and city of residence inside, with a note asking that the next person who reads it to do the same, and spread the word as it is. I often wonder where my (donated) book goes....

[MacMadame 81]

I used to save all my books. But then I got this idea that I should only have as much stuff as I have places to put them. So now I sell my books so I have room for more books.

[green 6]

Yep, I am like Fanny Adams. I tend to be book retentive. I stopped going to the library years and years ago. I said that this was because of my fear of germs but really it is because I like to keep what I read. I also like to have a stock of unread material on hand in case I get laid up with a broken leg or some other catastrophe. This ended working out well for me when I got cancer this past March. I had tons of stuff around the house to read. In fact I still haven't read everything in my personal library. This is because some of my books are deeply buried behind others. I really should spend a couple of days unearthing them, shouldn't I?

[Gracey 7]

...I leave the book behind, with my name(first only) and city of residence inside....

And yet you will not tell us your city of residence!!! :thumbup: