If you've been a reader of my blog/s for a while you'll know that becoming single, and rather financially challenged, resulted in me starting shopping ''preloved'' in earnest. Always a fan and proponent of true vintage, I ended up as one of those recycle boutique/online shopping/opshop hunters - and in the process discovered a knack for finding really great bargains. Not to say I haven't bought some duds - because I sure have - but I have also put together a comprehensive (although not particularly extensive my most standards) wardrobe for very little money.
Since acquiring my new job (another outcome of uncoupling), I have had to be a bit more judicious about my clothing, and in particular my footwear. Its my belief that shoes can make or break an outfit and this is one thing I don't mind spending money on. Sure I have some cheap and nasty shoes, but I mainly wear good quality, all leather ones (mainly Overland), that look good years after they were purchased.
And, as well as needing shoes for work, I've found I need shoes for dancing, shoes for the gym, shoes for dates, shoes for making speeches in, and shoes for doing more of that vintage clothing shopping. All things that are also new (actually make that DIFFERENT) ways I spend my time compared to how life was when I was married and home with two toddlers.
The shoe collection is not that big, compared to many of my friends - and yet still I have more than a dozen pairs, and that doesn't count my dancing shoes, trainers, slippers and gumboots.
(clockwise left to right)
absolute favourites my Overland knees high leather boots, cheapie slipons in lace,
Overland super soft tan punched leather, fleuro skate shoes, new bling jandals,
2nd favourite Overland tooled red leather brogues, red leather ballet flats, trusty summer slipons,
divine beaded slipons bought when i turned 40, red patent heels from MINX,
Overland summer high wedges, in ''nude'', gold heeled sandals for parties, trusty black suede wedges, summer sandals
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