Shoe many problems!

I still remember the heartache I felt when I was forced to give away half of the stuff I owned. While moving back from USA to India, I was left with no option but to sort through my clothes, shoes, handbags and only take back what I really liked. I remember filling bags after bags with stuff that was to be given away to Goodwill. All my stuff was in pristine condition, and it was really hard to choose what I wanted to carry back. But what could I do? I had a limited luggage allowance and even the boxes we were shipping separately were almost full.

After giving away more than half of my belongings, I went on to pack the remaining stuff so that it could be shipped. We were told, the shipment would take about 2 months to arrive to our home in Mumbai. I couldn’t wait. We had our TV, our PS3, the newly purchased kinect, our home theatre system, clothes, bags, shoes, household items, books, DVDs, all waiting to be delivered.

The only problem was, we had more than 10 big cartons in our shipment. We were already struggling with space shortage at home. How would we accommodate all that stuff? We decided to deal with it at a later time. And then forgot about it.

A few days ago, my stuff arrived. I couldn’t have been more excited! Today, I decided to unpack some of the boxes. I started with the shoes. I spread them out on the floor, and was beginning to put them away. Suddenly, I heard a gasp, followed by an ‘Oh my God!’. I turned around, to look at my mom, and her worried expression. “So many shoes! Where are we going to keep them?”

I looked at the shoes and counted them. There were 20 pairs here. This, after I had given away most of my shoes. How did this happen? I don’t even use most of these. I hate wearing heels. What was I thinking when I bought them? Why did I buy them in the first place? Oh right, I remember. It is all Mint’s fault.

Now what do I do? 😦 Does anybody want to borrow some shoes from me?

I think it would be wise to not open the remaining boxes.