Shoe lovers around the globe are crazy in love with “Just the Right Shoe” by Raine. The unique figurine collection of miniature right (only the right foot) shoe has become the hottest sensation in collectibles and they make an awesome gift for the person who just cannot get enough shoes.

Around four inches tall, these adorable shoes come in a wide variety of styles from ultra haute couture to sporty and casual to the breast cancer collection to help fund the ongoing research to find a cure. ”Just the Right Shoe” is available at fine department stores, specialty and gift shops, as well as online. Shoes are released in group collections such as Badd Girl, Posh Pumps and Stepping Out, with approximately two new releases each year. Prices for these delicious delights range from $10 to $40. Retired shoes can demand a pretty penny. Collectors are grabbing them up as soon as they are released, with a few collectors trying to own them all.

The best tip to owning them all, especially the most sought after retired or soon to be retired shoes is to frequently shop the home page for Just the Right Shoe. They have a retired page listing all the shoes. If they are unavailable, and you just have to have the shoe, then go to one of the following options.

Join a club or group of collectors. As a rule, clubs have an inside look at what is happening within the line and often have insider information. Some collectors decide to let go of some of their collections, for whatever reason, and building a friendship with other collectors can sometimes lead to adding their shoes to your collection. It certainly cannot hurt.

Purchasing your shoes from a regular specialty shop can lead to advanced information of which shoes are going to be retired as well. If you deal regularly with a specific dealer, they may even be able to help you acquire a specific little gem that you simply cannot live without.

A typical search on the internet will produce more results than you can look at in a day on Just the Right Shoes including retired lists, designer shops that carry the little treasures, collections for sale. One Just the Right Shoe retired site had shoes listed as low as $12.50. EBay has a large number of people selling their collections of Just the Right Shoe, including the children’s line and shoe and purse sets.

Whichever route you choose, Just the Right Shoe is the perfect shoe for every shoe enthusiast!

If you have to ask yourself “How many shoes is too many?” the chances are, you probably already have too many shoes. Many of us girls are good in finding excuses and somehow justifying those “guilty” purchases. As my husband says all girls are the same. The only thing that matters here, in my opinion, is how expensive you allow these shoe-shopping sessions to be… You don’t have to be like the main character in Sex and the City, Carrie, and spend all your money on shoes to have a nice collection. Matching the budget with the cost/quality of desired shoes is easy.  For example, companies like Nine West sell shoes that would fit almost anyone’s budget. I find most of their products to be of good quality, comfortable and affordable. Of course, there are many similar stores with great footwear products in the market but the idea is to buy them cheaper.

Here are some ideas of frugal shopping. You can visit those stores (online or in the local store location), find the model or name of your next shoe that you just can’t let go and… let go of it. Don’t buy it, not yet at least. Go home and do your home work, online that is. Sometimes you can save tons of money, by buying them on www.Ebay.com or www.Amazon.com. Just make sure that the seller has a good rating and the auction listing is for the new pair of desired shoes. Or, even better, go and register at www.Ebates.com and shop at www.ninewest.com via that site to get some cash back. Ebates deals with the wide range of businesses, big and small. Each online business will give you predetermined percentage of your subtotal amount that you spent with them back to you. Currently www.ninewest.com gives 3.5% back but you have to remember to sign-in to your Ebates account and link though them to your favorite store in order to get that % back.  While shopping through Ebates, don’t forget to use coupon codes for additional savings and also, pay with the credit card that offers most reward points. The cash back is paid quarterly.

So, the answer to the question “How many shoes is too many?” is obvious, “You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes”.  Thanks to money saving shopping habits the question is a rhetorical one.