Shoes

I don't know when my obsession with shoes began.  As far back as I can remember my Mom would buy me shoes whenever she saw a pair she liked.  In high school my collection was around 27 shoes, most of those were the high heels my Mom preferred to buy me.  She said that women in high heels walk like Marilyn Monroe. I just like the way I feel.  After I moved back to NYS, I had kids to raise and shoes just weren't high on my priority list.  After the girls and I realized we had the same shoe size I started buying shoes again.  I would pick out shoes that would work for all of us so that we could borrow from each other.  Inside I knew I couldn't avoid heels any longer.  I started with a pair of five-inch heeled, copper "Ingrid" shoes.  As soon as I put these shoes on something happened.  I wanted more shoes. I would look at shoes in websites and my heart would start beating faster. I can go months without thinking about more shoes but as soon as I see a pair, I have to have them.  After I order those, I think about the next pair.  I need shoes, they are my drug.