how many pairs of shoes do you keep at work?

[CloudBee]

I have 3 pairs of dress shoes, and 1 pair of snow boots. If my driveway isn't snowy, I wear a comfy (bland) pair of Cole Haan wedges to/from work. Then I usually switch into something fancier if I walk around the office. My feet (post-bunion surgery) prefer flats, but need more height to accommodate most of my pants.

Someone I work with has an entire basket of shoes under her desk.

[ninjabridemom]

1 -- I have a pair of black flats, and then I have whatever I walk to work in (boots or sneakers). So I switch when I get to work, usually, but I always have a pair under there.

[dexteroni]

Zero because I freelance, but even when I worked in one office full time, it was still zero. I would choose one pair to wear each day. If I wore boots, I would carry my shoes with me.

[meggers5]

Umm...lol.

This will change when the snow is gone and I can just wear my shoes out of the house.

[pandorica]

Technically, 4. I generally wear flats to the office, but I always have my hiking boots, keen sandles, rubber boots and fire boots so I'm always prepared for what I'm doing that day! If I was purely an office worker, I don't think I would keep any extra shoes at my desk...

[papie]

4 currently. Like Meggers, this is only a winter thing, they are all coming back home in a few weeks.

[starlily]

Zero

[thefield]

I just tallied the heels in my drawers, and I have 15!?!

[shell403b]

0. I wear the shoes I'm going to wear all day to work.

The box/basket of shoes under the desk is weird.

[everythingsshinyap]

This is funny because I don't generally keep any shoes at work but somehow I've accumulated three extra pairs over the last two months. A beat up pair of boots I wore in on a messy day, a pair of heels I left behind on a different messy day, and then a pair of sneakers I brought in because I had an optimistic minute awhile ago and thought I might work out at lunch.

[SJ]

I have at least 15 pairs. One whole drawer in my file cabinet has shoes/boots in it, plus assorted shoes scattered under my desk.

I commute in boots, flats, or flip flops.

[Deleted]

None.

I wasn't aware this was a thing.

[cville]

Well, right now I have 3 because I've been too lazy to hit up the cobbler over lunch.

[Elsa]

Zero. But I wear flats all the time.

Is this is a heels thing?
Or is this a weather thing?

[ninjabridemom]

Mar 10, 2015 12:47:12 GMT -5 @booby said:

i don't. i hate that b/c what if i want to wear a pair at home and i've left them at work? i lug a pair of shoes in almost every day (during boot weather). it's annoying but i prefer it. i would rather have the right shoes at the right time.

I buy specific shoes to keep at work, hence the single pair.

There have been very few occasions I've needed them other than at work, and they're small enough that it's easy to bring.

I used to keep black pumps at work but I rarely wear heels now.

[CloudBee]

Mar 10, 2015 12:49:14 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

None.

I wasn't aware this was a thing.

It must be a cold climate thing.

I rarely wear "work shoes" on my days off.

[meggers5]

Mar 10, 2015 12:50:51 GMT -5 Elsa said:

Zero. But I wear flats all the time.

Is this is a heels thing?
Or is this a weather thing?

For me it's a weather thing. Nov-March I wear boots in, so I just leave my work shoes at work so I don't have to bring them in every day. If I go out anywhere from home where I would need nicer shoes I'll probably just wear nicer boots.

I also have a billion pairs of shoes so leaving some at work is just easiest.

[thefield]

Mar 10, 2015 12:49:02 GMT -5 SJ said:

I have at least 15 pairs. One whole drawer in my file cabinet has shoes/boots in it, plus assorted shoes scattered under my desk.

I commute in boots, flats, or flip flops.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one.

[dexteroni]

Mar 10, 2015 12:47:12 GMT -5 @booby said:

i don't. i hate that b/c what if i want to wear a pair at home and i've left them at work? i lug a pair of shoes in almost every day (during boot weather). it's annoying but i prefer it. i would rather have the right shoes at the right time.

Yes, exactly. I don't have work-only shoes. I might need them. Carrying one pair every day is far less annoying to me than being without the ones I want or lugging home a bunch of shoes at the end of the season.

[Bernadine]

10, in my shoe drawer. If I need a pair to wear at home, I take them home. I wear flats in and out of the office, because parking is not great here.

[dexteroni]

Mar 10, 2015 12:45:30 GMT -5 meggers5 said:

Umm...lol.

This will change when the snow is gone and I can just wear my shoes out of the house.

Seeing shoes piled in a box like that gives me palpitations. The ones on the bottom are getting ruined!

[SJ]

For me, it is a combination of cold weather, an urban commute that involves walking & public transportation, and laziness.

I also wear suits & (boring, work) heels every day at work, and those are not shoes I generally miss on evenings & weekends.

[sawyerthedestroyer]

I have one pair of black flats in case my heels start to bother me or if I forget to bring a pair with me on snow boot days.

[Elsa]

Mar 10, 2015 12:52:27 GMT -5 meggers5 said:

Mar 10, 2015 12:50:51 GMT -5 Elsa said:

Zero. But I wear flats all the time.

Is this is a heels thing?
Or is this a weather thing?

For me it's a weather thing. Nov-March I wear boots in, so I just leave my work shoes at work so I don't have to bring them in every day. If I go out anywhere from home where I would need nicer shoes I'll probably just wear nicer boots.

I also have a billion pairs of shoes so leaving some at work is just easiest.

this is a good point. My H might not think I overdo it on shoes if I leave some at work. lol

[luckyval]

I didn't even know multiple pairs of shoes at work was a thing.

[thefield]

I also have plenty of dress shoes for work and home. Sometimes on Fridays, I evaluate whether I have dress occasions that weekend and whether I want to take any of my work shoes home.

[btay]

7, almost all variations of black flats.

[partiallysunny]

One pair of flats I use to take a walk in on the days I wear heels. When it snows, I bring the shoes I'll be wearing with me.

[itsme]

Zero

[Deleted]

Mar 10, 2015 12:51:52 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Mar 10, 2015 12:49:14 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

None.

I wasn't aware this was a thing.

It must be a cold climate thing.

I rarely wear "work shoes" on my days off.

Why would anybody wear work shoes on days off?

What does this have to do with keeping shoes at work?

I wear what I wear to work and back.