My hubby and I decided to do a Spring Clean at the weekend… that was a complete disaster! It ended up becoming a very strong debate about “How many shoes is too many shoes?”

Clearly my answer was none, he however, thought that 5 or under would be suffice – and I quote “comfortable walking shoes, slippers (which I disallowed as technically the debate was in relation to outdoor footwear of which these don’t count, unless it’s just for quick pop out an right back in again kinda emergency) black going out shoes, work shoes and a bonus pair!!”……

He made no allowance for seasonal footwear, knee boots for winter (preferably in at least two different colours) Spring ankle boots, when it’s too warm for boot boots but not warm enough for shoe shoes, then there’s summer footwear, including sandals, flat and comfy in various colours (because you can pick them up at such good prices) , going out sandals in at least 3 colours, neutral pair, coloured pair and fancy design pair, which leads onto the summer work shoe with a heel and without a heel again in basic black and a neutral colour, then a (I say “a” but you know I mean “some”) coloured pairs (because it’s summer and we want our feet to be happy as they walk). We perhaps would like some summer wedges easy and comfy to wear yet stylish and offering that boost to height for summer dresses. He totally overlooked practical footwear such as welly boots, plain pair for actually using and a funky pair cause they just look cool and make walking in bad weather a little more fun, then he omitted to take trainers into account, which I explained we need to go with jeans or short summer trousers and as colours change by season so too must our footwear.

He alluded to me having a “problem” which I highly refuted but I had to divert from that argument when he went to put some stuff in the boot of my car and returned with 3 pairs he found “casually hiding under the child’s pushchair”

I suggested we take a rest from spring cleaning, or as he called it “spring shoe discovery day” and go for a nice walk. Thankfully he liked that idea and as we wandered along the seafront having a little giggle about the “shoe situation” we agreed to get back on our house cleanse next weekend…….which gives me exactly 6 days to find a secure location to hid all the fecking bags I have to match the shoes!!

I’ll leave you with this thought for today….