Article: Shoe-aholics: Whether they match an outfit or remind of a trip, they can be addictive.

Byline: Sheila Smith

Mar. 29--DECATUR -- Sarah Boline will work for shoes.

Those are the bold words written on a purse Boline carries with her.

The 17-year-old MacArthur High School student might not hold down a full-time job, but she maintains her love for shoes during shopping sprees.

And she is not alone. Countless others light up in a shoe department.

For the shoe obsessed, it becomes an uncontrollable craving: They must have that pair of shoes to go along with the other hundred pairs they own.

Boline admits owning about 80 pairs of shoes. When she goes shopping, it's always a dash to the shoe department first ...

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