LONDON (AFP) - The average woman in Britain spends more than 31,000 pounds (54,000 dollars, 45,000 euros) on shoes during her lifetime and almost 16,000 pounds on belts and other accessories.

 

One 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, according to research carried out by the Churchill Home Insurance group.

 

About 44 percent of females admit that shoes are their biggest weakness when out shopping, with 86 percent of people claiming to buy at least one new pair a month, Churchill said Monday.

 

It said the average woman starts shopping for her own clothes at the age of 14.

 

If she spends an average of 40 pounds a month on shoes each month she will have bought 31,680 pounds worth of footwear by the time she is 80, it said.

 

At the same time, the insurance group said women spend around 15,840 pounds on accessories such as handbags and jewellery during their lifetime.

 

Six out of 10 women say they own 10 handbags and three percent have more than 25 different ones, while 80 percent of women have at least 10 belts.

 

Overall 42 percent 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 percent lie about how much they have spent.

 

The research carried out by 72 Point for the insurance group questioned 2,000 women during July.

 

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LOL, i can name a few ppl who r like that!

Well women do love their shoes!!!

 

They should do research to how much men spend on alcohol in their lifetime, i bet it would be more than womens shoes!!

 

LOL i used to be like that when i had a job!!! i used to buy a new pair of shoes, bag and belt every saturday when i went out shopping, and i have a lot of catching up to cos i've not had money in a LONG time!!

Meh, a pair of adidas samba will do you for at least 3 years. If I had my way all high heeled shoes would be abolished.

i hate going shopping. i hate buying shoes i live in my trainers. bags and shoes make me feel sick or stupid when i wear/use them so i just live in my jeans and trainers and put anything i need in my pockets!!