Just the tip of the stilleto

While in D.C. visiting Daughter #1 along with my tag-a-long buddy, Daughter #2, Daughter #1 took us out to a play and speakeasy for elegant high end cocktails. A boyfriend/girlfriend couple, friends of Daughter #1's joined us. Boyfriend and girlfriend commenced living together a few months ago and now are making their first big joint move to a more spacious apartment. Boyfriend, lamenting about packing, etc. mentioned the girlfriend's "enormous shoe collection." Well, this piqued my interest, so I dove into the conversation and asked the big Q - the conversation went like this:

ME: "And, so just how many pair of shoes do you think girlfriend has?"

Boyfriend: (lame, lame, lame reply), "Oh, I think about ten pairs."

ME: (to girlfriend) "And how many pair of shoes do you think you have?"

Girlfriend: "About twenty-five"

ME: Oh, man oh man, are you way off base to think that ten pair of shoes are a lot. Even to think that twenty five pair of shoes are a lot. That's just the tip of the stiletto!

And Daughter #1 chimed in with the ultimate statement on shoes - "Yeah, my mom has over 90 pair of shoes alone in her closet. And, that doesn't include the whole tub of summer shoes that live in the basement because they are limited seasonally in their usefulness - or should we say wearabilty."

And girlfriends comment? "WOW! You must have a special closet just for your shoes."

To which I replied (with pride) "Well, yes I do!"

And that was the best nightcap of all!