Oh lordy, lordy I think I scared you all away with my tales of life with a compulsive hoarder! But I really do think it is a bit of a taboo subject which people need to talk about. I know I am not the only person in the world who fights a daily battle with Other People's Stuff!
Apology: My daughter has asked me to clarify that she doesn't avoid inviting people to the house because of the mess, but because we live in the country ; )
I filled four bin bags last night :D
However, since so many of my readers don't know what to say to me and are hiding behind their hands in horror at the idea of a messy house (I swear it is the "clean" sort of messy: no doggy-do-do-s in the corner, honest!) I will revert to the nice safe topic of SHOES!
Kestrel nominated me for the Stylish Blogger Award (before she read about my house?!). Thank you Kestrel!!
My task is to come up with 7 facts about myself... hmmm... I think you are all done with my personal revelations, so I thought I would focus on something stylish: shoes!
1 I spent most of the 1970's begging my mother to let me wear platform soled shoes. My ideal pair were black with red, orange and yellow stripes and I used to stare at them in the Co-op shop window every time I went past.
Image: These shoes are definitely from that era - if you want some genuine 1970's unworn platform soles, get yourself over to Candy Says!
2 My most memorable childhood shoes were metallic red patent t-bars. I was about 9. They were fabulous! What a shame I don't have a picture!
3 I still love red shoes!
In fact, here are my red shoes: Doc Martens, clogs, flatties, high heels, boots, wellies - woo hoo!
Um - a bit of cleaning required to some of those, Roo!
4 My most-attention-grabbing shoes are these wooden-soled sandals from Shelleys, circa 1998. The insole has a henna-tattoo print and there is a gold-painted pattern on the side of the wedge.
I was once stopped in the street by a complete stranger who had fallen in love with these shoes and wanted to tell me!
The only problem is that they make a helluva racket, especially on a wooden floor. Never ever to be worn while invigilating an exam!
One sole has a big crack and I am afraid they may fall apart if I wear them again.
Sob!
5 My least-worn shoes are these Pod denim sandals. They were in a sale for about £15 nine years ago and I fell in love with them.
See that gorgeous "carved" heel?
But I admit they are awfully tarty-looking, especially with that diamante buckle.
And they are really hard to wear.
I have fallen off a London bus wearing these. Nice.
6 My current most-wanted wish-listy shoes are a pair of platform loafers.
I love the "Romy" style by Doc Martens but it is out-of-stock across the planet. If you see a pair in size 4, tell me immediately!
Oh look - they are not that different from these 1970's shoes I just found at Candy Says!
7 My favourite shoes right now are my newest ones: Camper Mambas. A sale bargain! Kind of vintage-y, very comfortable, and great with skirts or trousers. Woo hoo!
Now I am required to nominate 7 other "Stylish Bloggers". The pressure!
Do you know them all? They are well worth a visit! And if you aren't on that list it doesn't mean you aren't one of the most stylish bloggers I know! I was only allowed 7 names!
15 comments:
My name is Lorna and I am a compulsive hoarder. It was guilt that stopped me from commenting on your post yesterday. :'(
I think I'm a hoarder in denial. Seeing this post on shoes has forced me to think about all the lovely shoes I never wear but am too attached to to throw out. Many of them are red!
No, no, I like posts about real stuff. Not scared at all. :)
Hi,
Sorry to comment irrelevantly.
I did use iron-on vilene to stiffen my fabric box. I used Heavy cos I had it but I think the pattern only recommends Medium. I don't recall wrestling with it too much. I usually find turning things through quite a trial though.
I did find this useful box pressing guide which neatened it up afterwards so the wrestling wasn't too much of an issue: http://sometimescrafter.blogspot.com/2009/05/fabric-scrap-basket-pressing.html
Hiding in horror? Nope, just thinking about how "close to home" that post was. Tim lets go of very little and right now I have a basement, attic, garage, and spare room just FULL of stuff most of which is NOT mine. Every time I think about tackling it, I feel hopeless. I can't chuck anything anyway as Tim would kill me if I did. I am drowning in paperwork and need to convert that spare room into a home office but what to do with everything in there? My neighbor has 4 kids,(2 are twins) 2 dogs, and 3 cats in a house just a wee bit bigger than ours and every room of her house looks like it could be photographed for a magazine. I have to convince myself that she must be obsessive-compulsive otherwise I am depressed every time I see her home. Mind you, my house is pretty clean too, we just have far too much STUFF packed into it.
red with swirls? where from must have:)
Congratulations on your well-deserved award! Surely your "stuff" situation must be alleviated by the fact that you seem to be very good at ruthlessly stripping back your wardrobe. Tim's wife, if ever I find myself in a house where every room looks like it could be photographed for a magazine - I think this has only happened to me once or twice, though - I immediately feel really nervous.
I'm so annoyed with myself that I didn't buy the Mory shoes when I saw them in the store.
As for the state of my house, I have asthma, so I'm a compulsive cleaner. Not having a lot of stuff makes it much easier to keep everything dust free!
I love your shoe-themed facts. There's just something about red shoes...I love them too, although don't have any I regularly wear at the minute.
Do we need to do a survey about the number of MM'ers who live in houses with too much stuff? Could this be a factor? Can I get research funding to test the theory?!
Ambermoggie - the swirly red shoes are by Irregular Choice.
I was engaged to a hoarder. We were together for about a year and a half and while his hoarding was not the first reason for the break-up, it was a contributing factor because of his inability to 'see' how serious it was, which overflowed into other aspects of his, and our, life.
He doesn't have MM, but his father was a hoarder also, so perhaps it is a learned affliction or the trauma which caused the father's hoarding gets revisited on the son to cause it. It was my second direct connection with this serious condition as my boss was (is - he still is, but I don't work with him any longer).
You have a challenging life with dealing with someone else's stuff... hats off to you and enjoy your shoes!
Thanks Roo! I have had one of these so I might not do the whole thing again but your idea of theming the facts around shoes really pleases me, so I'm going to do a similar one around my dresses. And thanks also for the lovely compliment implied by wanting to pass it along to me.
I didn't comment on the hoarding post but it certainly didn't scare me away - I don't have direct experience of it, but I have seen the way it affects other people I know. Your post was really interesting and honest, like everything else you write.
Congratulations and thanks! I love shoes too. In fact, I'm a bit afraid I'm going to blow my whole year's coupons (on my ration challenge) on shoes.
Congratulations to you too - & thank you for your very kind nomination. Desperately want to be as original as you in my post ... but desperately trying to focus any ounce of creativity on my project "this" weekend as my deadline leaves me no more alternatives. It's 1pm & I haven't opened it ...(By the way you are really not alone - I am surrounded by crap as I write - not literally you understand!)
Ohhh, thank you so much for this award! Very flattered at it! Thank you!!
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