I have to many shoes

I might have not posted in two days but I sure worked!
I must admit I am really tired tonight and I am having some issues trying to come up with witty ways to talk about my shoe triumph. But sadly I am just not into it. So I will give you a small photo essay of the cleaning of the closet and the organization of the shoes.



The above is half way through the closet clean out....you can see little Aryeh trying to help me. I did not take a before picture because I was trying to be careful to let him sleep....but that was not happening so I gave in. Notice all the stuff!



And then.....tada clean closet ready for the shoe project the next night.




Now I must say, the shoe project really was overwhelming. I am not entirely done but I need a to build up my energy to finish. I have finished labeling and putting about 20 shoes in boxes. The sad part....I havent gotten to the shoes I ware right now.....whoops? And its more then 20 shoes. Some boxes had two pairs in them.
This was a pile of the boxes, as I went to take the picture they fell....


I also found that there were 6 pairs of shoes that need to be fixed. I only took in 3 to the shoe maker today because I did not want the shoe maker next to my office to think I was crazy.

So for now I put all the shoes in boxes in the closet- summer shoes, flats, and pumps, and when I get the shoes back from the shoe maker I will try to finish this off. I think I have another 15 or so pairs.....oy this is bad bad news.

When I was cleaning out the shoes I found that I had a MUCH harder time letting go of shoes then I did clothing. Clothing I had very little issue with just giving away. But I had a hard time with the shoes. If the shoes were still 7 1/2 they went in the give away bag without question. But other wise something was hard about it. I was so connected to the shoes that even the ones I know I will NEVER ware again I put in boxes in the closet. It was odd....I dont know what it was about the shoes that made me want to hold on to them where as the clothing I was able to go through with not problem. Humm...something to think about.

Anyway.......to the closet!!!