I have too many shoes

My husband and I had a recent city break where we got the chance to take in two cities; London and Bruges.  Travel was by train and we worked out that Blackpool to London, and London to Bruges (via the Euro Tunnel) took about the same travel time, based on transfers, etc. A sunny London was as you would expect, fast-paced, busy and hot,hot, hot!  We mooched about our capital like the rest of the tourists.  On Sunday, we visited Camden Market, having lunch at Porky's  and a cold beer at the World's End pub. We ended our day with a couple of drinks near our hotel including Japanese lager at Mabel's Tavern . The next day we hit the 'high street' with a trip down Oxford Street, visiting the Liberty store, Selfridges and the Primark flagship store to experience shopping at both ends of the scale.  Then it was lunch and a stroll down the Southbank, ending with a meal and cocktails at the Arch Duke near Royal Festival Hall watching the world go by. We...

I am usually quite rubbish when packing a suitcase, my shoes end up wrapped in plastic bags; to prevent damage to my clothes and to keep the shoes together.  This is a far better option than opening the suitcase and finding a random shoe without its other half or realising halfway though the first night of your holiday that you are wearing odd shoes (I know someone who did this but perhaps the numerous cocktails were an additional factor in that fashion catastrophe).  Wrapping your favourite shoes in your local supermarket bags is not the classiest way to complement a neatly packed capsule wardrobe, I mean what would Carrie Bradshaw think! So before my trip to New York, I thought I would add a little extra style to my packing by making some shoe bags, with the assistance of my lovely mum and some pretty vintage-style material from Grace & Favour , a local store selling fabulous fabric. Designed like an old school sports bag with a separate section for each shoe or boo...