sweet relief

there's a slight chance i might be a raving lunatic. i'm pretty well aware of this and have come to terms with it. last night i began having an almost fever pitched melt down that my shoes were so disorganized in my closet. i am very compulsive about all my closets and drawers being organized. part of this is due to the fact that i adore my bf-constructed walk-in closet heaven. part of it is that said bf has nudged me in the direction of his intense organizational skills. and part of it is simply that i am, by nature, such a disorganized dingbat that if i can't see it - i may forget for months that i have it, OR have a meltdown trying to find it in a heaping pile.

anyhoo. the closet and drawers (with the one exception of the jeans drawer - that one needs some love) remain organized to perfection. easy to find, easy to put away, lovely. the weak link? SHOES. there is a semblance of a system. heels up top, flats down below. i'm not sure where the problem comes in (possibly it might be that i buy too many?) but i seem to end up with a recurring clustershag in the shoe area. don't get me wrong - it's not like the mountainous "no" piles at the Barney's or Bergdorf's shoe sales. but it's not too far off... so i faced my fears head on and dove in last night. weeded out several pairs to donate to the neices, and cleaned it all up nicely. flats organized to perfection by make and style, heels done up by style and height. peace and calm reign supreme again in the land of closet. i highly recommend doing this - you will end up wearing each and every pair of shoes more once you can locate them!!

(ps - sorry about the "happy heel land" pic quality - i couldn't get a good angle for the life of me...)