An unexpected side-effect of my shoe purge challenge is that I am making some great new acquaintances. Have slowly started to put up items for “adoption” I.e. for sale online. One of the channels I’ve been using is a local Facebook group on Lidingö. The interesting thing about using a Facebook group is that you get a sneak peek into the life of the person you are doing business with and even get to veg them on the basis of whether you have any friends in common. Last night I made a new maybe-friend. Sold a pair of green suede Gucci loafers from a sample collection to the friend of a friend and a friend of another friend. We chatted, we talked about shoes, home decor and people we knew and it really felt more like a social event than a transaction.
Shoe charity fund is now up to 1800 SEK with more (hopefully) to come.
Today I made another brilliant choice of shoes for a client workshop. 10 cm Calvin Klein sandals, albeit with a decent wedge. As my dear work buddy V said at about 4.30 “your feet look like they are suffering a little now…”. No pain no gain!