Handbags/pairs of shoes....how many?

Maggiemaybe

I’m with you regarding handbags, I can’t be bothered to keep changing it, and I no longer buy expensive ones.

I think I’ve got more boots than I thought, because I’ve got quite a few pairs of never worn, and probably, never will be worn ones, in a spare room wardrobe.

I have never, ever owned a pair of trainers, I think they’re horrible, and the only excuse for wearing them, is if you’re doing sport.

Well, I was going to say about 20 pairs of shoes. Then I counted the boxes and see I have 35 pairs of shoes.
That will galvanise me to list a few pairs on EBay.

I have 7 handbags, varying for summer, winter, work, going out, cross body for walks and a beaded one for evenings.

Rather too much 'stuff' I think ... despite agreeing with the previous 'In Praise of Stuff' thread ...

5 handbags, 2 large ,3 small. Wellies and walking boots. 4 pairs of Birkenstock sandals for the summer. 4 pairs of winter lace up shoes. Of which 2 are Josef Seibel and still going strong after 10+ years. And to finish 2 pairs of small heeled sequined evening shoes.
I hate buying shoes and breaking them in so wear a comfy pair until they die. ?

I have a handbag. A small evening bag and a small rucksack.
1 pr snow boots, wellies,walking boots, 2 x laceups. 2 x sandals. trainers, slippers. 2 prs of evening shoes. Birkenstocks. Is that 12 pairs?
Where do you keep all those shoes?

I also have more than I need. But I do tend to keep shoes longer than their best-by date and save them for gardening or walking the dog. We are definitely more of a consumer economy compared to previous generations. My mum had walking shoes, church shoes, one pair of sandals and one pair of warm boots. if I had to add them up in a closet cleanout there are probably 25 to 30. I actually just bought another pair on the weekend, Dansko clogs... love them.

Handbags not so many, I think 4.

Oh, and I gave up high heels in my forties!

I gave up handbags (although I had loads in my younger days) and just use my pockets. Handbags say 'fussy old woman' to me now!

I have three pairs of trainers, two pairs of hiking boots and two pairs flatties. I gave up sandals as my elderly feet and toes should be hidden from view, I think!

I have 1 x heels, 1 x flats, 1 x boots, 2 x trainers, 1 x walking shoes, 1 x walking boots, 1 x wellies but a whole LOAD of sandals/flip flops!

I have 1 x big handbag, 1 x special handbag and LOADS of holiday-type bags.

I really should live in a warm climate!

Boots are my guilty pleasure I have around 25 pairs maybe more most knee hgh though still a couple of over the knee ones and loads of shoes/sandals shoe boots .I'm not into handbags at all and use the same one most of the time but my SIL gives me a handbag at least once a year and I dont like getting rid of them so I use one when I know she'll be around .I have got several evening bags used once each ,bought to go with outfits for balls and charity doos .I might just clear all those out now you've made me realise how many I have .

I have been hear to say I wear the same boots or shoes all the time ,and then I see the ones I've had on lined up the stairs to be put away.

I'm withHarrigran and Maw - too many to count.....

Way too many shoes, boots, sandals. No slippers or wellies. Some are very old - I still occasionally wear a pair of heels I love which I bought for DD1’s christening 39 years ago. I need to have a savage cull because I won’t be wearing most of those work shoes any time soon.

I’m not interested in handbags. Have a few but can’t be bothered to switch things around all the time.

I daren't say!

3 good quality shoulder bags, 1 cheap and cheerful canvas shoulder bag, 1 dinky little beaded evening bag (rarely used).

Including wellies, slippers and gardening clogs, I make it 22 assorted pairs of footwear. There would be more but I don't have the space and the rule is that when I get something new, something has to go. Even shoes .

Ooh ....

Well bully for you. I’m sure you can survive on minimal footwear. Enjoy. Who cares how many shoes/ bags anyone has? I’m sure when I had small kids they each had school shoes plus trainers and that was it, when new pair required we had to scratch around to replace those. Now I’m older and my feet have been the same size for xx years I’ve acquired a number of pieces, just bought a new pair of Hunter wellies so now have short and long wellies plus garden clogs. All useful.

Loads of shoes, boots, flip flops. Hazard a guess at around 40 - too many to count from the comfort of my chair. Some are hardly worn and some are 30+ years old. I have, probably, around 30 bags but I always use the same one. It’s like a comfort blanket. If I use a different one I feel most uncomfortable & out of sorts. However, I can’t bring myself to get rid of the other 29 - just in case ?

No idea but it's too many and I tend to wear the same few pairs most of the time - handbags I periodically swap round depending on the time of the year.

1 handbag, two pairs of sandals, a pair of lace up shoes , a pair of slippers and a pair of walking boots.

No shoes, far too many boots, sandals, flip flops, but never been overly interested in handbags .

Quite a lot
A few favourite pairs of shoes including some that were hand made for me in the old Yugoslavia
4 pairs of boots no 5 actually just remembered another pair
10 sandals

I will not admit to any amount

7 handbags, none of them expensive.
5 pairs of sandals, soon to be 6.
No shoes.
2 pairs slippers.
2 pairs of boots, bought towards the end of last winter in a sale, so not worn yet.

I think I may have more than anyone here. My colleagues used to call me ^ Imelda Marcus^
I' m too embarrassed to admit how many.?

I have countless shoes. Countless because to count them I would have to get down on my knees and pull them out of the spaces at the bottom of all my wardrobes; those spaces are only about 12" high - I guess you could call them the 'bottom boxes' as opposed to the 'top boxes', haha.

Anyway, there are many, many pairs of shoes, sandals, ankle boots, flip-flops etc there. As well as the 3 or 4 pairs that I keep downstairs - these are the ones I'm most often wearing at any given time, so a pair of boots, and 2 or 3 pairs of shoes/trainers at the moment, but sandals and flip-flops live there in the summer months.

Handbags not so much - probably only about 8 or 9.

I think I have a similar number of bags to you, but nearly twice as many shoes, grapefruitpip - though half of them don't fit me any more.

I just have what i need, and even if money was no object, I really don't think I would ever be tempted to buy any more just for the sake of it.