Shoe Fetish

For over ten years, collecting shoes became a hobby to me because when I was child I couldn't afford but one pair. I would wear the same pair of shoes for the whole school year or even through the next year. The only way I would get a pair of new shoes if my shoes were torn at the bottom. It was so embarrassing to attend school with holes in my shoes. My peers would laugh at me during recess because I would have to take my shoes off consistently because of the excessive sand. My mother and father seemed not to understand that I needed new shoes.

As I grew up, I realize that I had to find a way to get me a new pair of shoes. In the summer, I would cut grass around my neighborhood and by the end of the summer I would have saved enough money to buy me pair of shoes. My first pair of shoes, that I bought, was Nike's. It was a relief because I could actually feel my feet again!!! After that, I began to save all of my earnings towards shoes. By the time I arrived to college, I had over thirteen pair of shoes in my shoe box. I didn't realize how many pairs of shoes I had because I never counted them. My fiance thinks I'm crazy for having all these pair of shoes in the closet. I think she is mad because I have taken over her space in the closet.

Today, I own over twenty-three pair of shoes in my closet. I think those kids in my adolescent years made who I am today. I have shoes that I haven't worn yet. People have offered me top dollar on some of the shoes that I have because some shoes that I own are very rare shoes and exclusive. I feel that I have to find another hobby because I am becoming broke and my fiance says that she can't take it anymore. I enjoy having alot of shoes because it makes me stand tall and proud. It also makes me feel good knowing that when I where my shoes, no one else has a pair but me.