how can you tell my boyfriend is not living with me?
take a look at this: 
this is my shoe shrine, inaugurated today. THIS would be very difficult to implement if my boyfriend would be living with me 
haha
previously, i had all shoes lined up neatly next to the door to my apartment. anyone who walked in was either in awe (“oh how cute” – i have tiny feet hence tiny shoes) or in shock (“oh, that’s a lot of shoes”) or just speechless. guys usually were the latter two, in case you were wondering.
this weekend, a friend gave me her two bathroom cabinets so i moved the rack i had in the bathroom into the hallway. this is how my shoes finally got their shrine. don’t they look happy?
by the way, this is not all the shoes i have. there’s a few more pairs of heels, a bunch of flip flops, and several pairs of knee-high boots. while, yes, i realize that’s a lot of shoes i do not think there’s anything wrong with it. if this place was on fire and i could only take three pairs i would know which ones to take. or when i’m going on vacation i have no trouble packing the right amount of shoes.
i’m really not as girly as these shoe confessions may portray me. i just really like shoes and because i have tiny feet (size 5.5 / europe 36) i don’t find shoes just in any store. most german stores start at 37 and those really don’t fit. so whenever i do find a store that has my size AND on top of that offers a nice selection of styles then i’m just very tempted. oh, and i wear my shoes. in this shrine there’s only two pairs i did not wear yet – those gray buttoned ones on the top shelf and those beige-brown in to the middle to the right. i love the buttoned ones, they’re just too cute.
ok, this post probably scared away my last male reader but i am just so proud of that shrine i had to share it with you.
franzi
Jasmin
/ July 4, 2011The shie rack is the perfect place to put all your shoes I think. Btw, I love the red ballerinas!
What does your boyfriend say? Is it okay to ask how long you guys have been dating?
Haha, it might be true though, that it scares males away
-Jasmin
lifestartsnow
/ July 6, 2011the red ballerina flats are one of my favorites too. and most people who have seen it are also in love. it’s my dorothy shoes
my boyfriend had a laugh when he saw the picture but he did think it’s not too many pairs of shoes. sweet him, he has no idea how many shoes are NOT in the picture 
i’ll post our story here eventually but for now i’d like to keep it more private. hope that’s ok. ~ franzi
Daniela
/ July 5, 2011Now I feel like Big Foot, having a EU size 39 and being shorter than you (No, I don’t exactly know how tall you are, I didn’t stalk it, I’m just always the shortest, believe me.)
Well, you got the shoes I got the matching handbags! They are my beloved ones. ;-D <3 I got a special place in my closet where they're all lined up neatly in a Skubb =)
http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/50188957
lifestartsnow
/ July 6, 2011really, you’re shorter than me? that’s difficult to do… oh my handbag obsession…thankfully that subsided somewhat in recent years but i also have quite a few favorite handbags that i treasure and that are way to good to be given up. skubb is great! it keeps more of my shoes and some acessories
gotta love ikea! ~ franzi
Daniela
/ July 6, 2011Ich biete 155cm, zum ersten, zum zweiten…
lifestartsnow
/ July 6, 2011oh…maybe you were right
I AM TALLER w00t w00t!!! bist du wenigstens ein sitzriese? ~ franzi
Zach
/ July 5, 2011I have see worse. lol…
lifestartsnow
/ July 6, 2011really? pictures!! ~ franzi
Sarah
/ July 7, 2011Cute! My shoes wouldn’t last one week on that rack until they were back to being strewn by the front door.
lifestartsnow
/ July 8, 2011oooh, you’re touching a sensitive topic here
i’ve tried to be good this week to keep up the good looks ~ franzi