A new reason for living...

A new reason for living in Louisville that is.

This morning Ryan told me he was taking me to a special place as part of my Christmas present that was of the same caliber as the Gap Clearance Center in Cincinnati.  He said it was 45 minutes from our place.  I was highly doubtful that anything in Louisville could compare to the Gap Clearance Center and if it did I would have heard about it by now.

So we drove for 45 minutes with Ryan the whole time building up this mystery place.  I was getting nervous that it all would be a disappointment.  As we got close to the exit he made me close my eyes.  I had to keep them close until he stopped the car.  When I opened them I saw this:

 Now if you are a shoe-loving woman like I am you would instantly know that I had just pulled up to shoe heaven.  I was shocked I had never heard about his place.  Seriously who has been holding out on me? Ryan found out from some flight attendants. We walked up to the door where people were waiting in line to get in the door since it was a few minutes before opening time and then I saw this:

Yeah, I love that!

Then the doors opened and I saw this:

Rows and rows and rows of shoes.  It was well organized which makes a big difference when shopping.  My biggest mistake was wearing my boots.  I should have just worn my flip flops so I could easily trip on shoes. I tried on a gazillion shoes.  I first narrowed it down to about 12 and then to 5 and then to 4.  It was so tough.   Some shoes were up to 70% off and to sweeten the deal they also were having a sale of 20% off your total purchase.  All the shoes are name brand designer shoes that you would find at Macy's, like Michael Kors, Steve Madden, Jessica Simpson, Eccos etc.  Everyone took a turn looking at shoes.  Ryan found a pair of dress shoes and Lacey found two pair of church shoes.  We found Aidan an $80 pair of North Face snow pants for $20.  Ryan was so jealous.  But all in all everyone scored.

Here are my new beauties!

 What a great Christmas present huh?  The man knows me and he knows me well!