Free shoe shopping

One of my favorite features of our house is the built-in window seat/storage unit in the master bedroom. The middle section has two doors that open out to reveal pull-out shelves for storing shoes. (Well, I supposed you could use them to store just about anything that will fit, but it's perfect for shoes, and my first thought when I saw the drawers was, "SHOES!") The day we moved in, Chris lined up my shoes very neatly on the shelves, and with a sigh of utter satisfaction, he pushed in the drawers and closed the doors (we had issues at our last place regarding my shoe storage, or lack thereof).

For the past 3 weeks or so, I've been wearing the same 3 pairs of issues over and over. They're comfortable and slip on and off easily, so they're among my favorites. A few days ago, I noticed that none of those 3 pairs really went with my outfit, so I opened the storage cabinet, and holy cow! So many shoes! Lined up all neatly and attractively, just like in a shoe store! It had been so long since I looked at those shoes that I'd forgotten about some of them. It was like getting a dozen pairs of new shoes, for free. I was like a kid in a candy store. I almost changed my outfit just so I could wear one particular pair.

So in light of our new restricted financial state, that's my new plan: hide away at least half of any one item (books, CDs, DVDs, clothes, books) and every few weeks, swap everything out. New! Shiny! Exciting! I'm still trying to figure out how to stash away Carlo, though.