Women's £31,000 shoe bill!
The average British woman spends more than £31,000 on shoes during her lifetime, according to staggering new research.
Around 44 per cent of women say shoes are their biggest weakness when they are out shopping, with 86 per cent of people claiming to buy at least one new pair a month, according to Churchill Home Insurance.
A third of women say they have 25 pairs of shoes in their wardrobe, and around 1.3 million women claim to have well over 30 pairs.
The group claims the average women starts shopping for her own clothes at the age of 14, and if she spends an average of £40 a month on shoes each month she will have bought £31,680 worth of footwear by the time she is 80.
Matching accessories
At the same time it claims women spend around £15,840 on accessories such as handbags and jewellery during their lifetime.
Six out of 10 women say they currently own 10 handbags and 3 per cent have more than 25 different ones, while 80 per cent of women have at least 10 belts.
Overall 42 per cent of women admit they regularly splash out on accessories they don't really need.
Unsurprisingly, one in five women say they hide their purchases from their partner, while 22 per cent lie about how much they have spent.
