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Admittedly, I'm a little bit leary of 'going overboard' too on shoes that will spend more time in a shelf than on a foot. Now that I'm up at a solid 40 or so pairs, I have most of my basics covered and am trying to really focus on more unique shoes that still have my interest/lust after 2 or months of comparing. Ilove boots and could buy them all day, but how many brown and black flats will I really wear over the winter.? I'm hoping to find an attractive fur-lined boot that is not a stilleto, Snow and ice are hard enough to navigate around my town in Timberlakes with tread. This season is full of plaids, suiting fabrics and soft greys - Stuff I've always loved- All on beautiful heels that seemed to be out of style, or at least my local market, for the last 7 years or so. My fear is that fashion will switch again to shoes I don't really feel the love for... My hope is that should that happen, it will allow me more use of 'my stock' during the drier shopping stretches. On a positive note, even living in a tiny northwest border town, the internet has really expanded the shopping selection to things I would never have a chance to see, let alone buy without a 3-5 hour shopping trip to a major metro area.

My husband is a bit of an enabler. He knows that shoes are a bit of a playful vice for me, especially since I am working on getting rid of baby weight and can't really justify buying much in clothing as I'm slowly losing weight. I treat my feet instead and occasionally my 5'2" gets a lift and he gets to see what it's like for us to actually see 'eye-to-eye'.