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Try looking up: Shoe Dazzle Just Fab Hello Stiletto

I've heard of such clubs for books, but I didn't know that these exist for shoes also, very interesting

Haven't done that yet, but I need to soon.

Good grief! How many times have you had to replace the sole/heel?

My own sense of style has gotten quite a bit more casual in the last 10 years. When I first started wearing heels in public, I felt obligated to be dressed up as a part of that look. I went through a period of wearing a lot of sport coats with button down shirts when I was outside of work. That was unusual for this town, but not rare. Remember, this was before Covid. People actually used to dress up for office jobs and maybe stop by the grocery on the way home. Were I to dress the exact same today, I would be much more of an outlier, heels or no heels. It is no wonder that my tailor friend lost her job at Mr. B's, which is a men's clothing store. I assume it still is, anyway.

And you won't. In this day and age, the video wouldn't get enough views to be searchable. Had you done a walkover, or even a cartwheel, on your way across the street, maybe. Seriously, I used to get mad when people would whip out their phones in such a way, but I'm over it.

Oh exactly! I can get pretty grubby, and that is the whole point for us. When we are not doing that, and out for dinner, groceries or church, we want to look nice. We want that separation. It really does not take that long to take a shower and then put on nice clothes and get that, "I just feel better about myself" feeling. The ironic thing is, for most things I have learned that what we think other people are thinking about us is completely wrong. They actually don't notice anything because most people are so self-absorbed in their own problems and motivations. But it is NOT that way with how you dress. People notice and often make wrong assumptions on those motivations on doing so. For my wife, she wears high heels because in her previous marriage her husband was short and if she was to wear them, she would have been taller than him so he forbid her to wear them. It is not that way with me, so she has a lot of them. In fact, at one time, she belonged to (3) shoe of the month clubs. That is where you subscribe to an online shoe-store, they look at the styles she has bought in the past and send her a new pair once a month. She has 15 days to either keep them or send them back. But now she only belongs to one as we have a much smaller house. In our old house, she had her own walk-in closet we called her "shoe barn".

Well they finally came. Great heel, loved the color, BUT they were slightly too tight at the toe box. The problem is that they are pointed toe heels and my feet aren't. I could get my my foot in, but it was just too tight and since they are synthetic I didn't think it would stretch. I had got these for many reason. I love the color. I now have several in this color range. I want a boot that I could wear when it rained. I have no desire to damage my leather or suede heels, so being synthetic was a plus. I wanted a slouch style bootie, and I have been looking for some time. This also had a feature, a full length zipper, that I wanted. And the heel was decent as well. The search goes on .........................

I stepped on the edge of a textbook and they split apart. I just love this Steve Madden wedge, and the second pair as well. At least 6 years old. Real suede, that why it has lasted the hundreds of miles it has seen. This is now my run around town doing errands pair. The other pair just got out of the box last year But she ain't dead yet!!! Its a clean disengagement, so I plan to glue it back together and get several hundred more miles out of her.

I’d say they passed away and you’re holding a seance

It's funny that I posted the comment above on the 14th. This week these shoes went on life support.

Cat, I love that royal blue ensemble. That's a favorite color of mine. Last Sunday I wore a white short skort with a royal blue sequin top and my royal blue, patent knee boots. Got several compliments on my ensemble. Even two ladies complimented me on my boots. Happy Heeling, bluejay

So true! And yes, I have quite a stride in those heels! Just to add - I have not yet found the video of me crossing the street on YouTube, Facebook, or Tik-Tok.

As an aside, as an Australian who started his journalism career in Sydney, when I saw the SMH on your post title I thought it was about something you’d read in the Sydney Morning Herald!

I suspect it all ties in. Accepting, indeed celebrating, yourself as you are is a big deal and very improving. And of course age helps too - you acquire the experience to understand what matters and what does not, and you cease to take yourself quite so seriously as you did when you were young.

For me getting dressed presentably for work also serves a very practical purpose even though my office is just my kitchen table and an open laptop. Since I work from home it is easy and tempting to slip into lazy habits and be distracted but by making the effort to change into office clothes - nothing fancy, mind you - I send a subliminal message to myself that I am no longer at home but at my office, a place of work, where things get done. One of the benefits of wearing heels is that they underscore this message. Nobody wears stilettos just to laze about at home! I put them on and not only do I feel as though I have come to the office, but they set up a jaunty creative vibe that carries me along and makes the writing go well.

I think there have been definite benefits to wearing heels that have spilled beyond improved fashion sense. I think I'm a much better foreman, a better husband, and a more focused person in general than I was 15 years ago. Whether one can attribute any of this to wearing heels as opposed to simply getting older is another question entirely.

If you could magically transport yourself back in time 10 or 15 years, and you were to cross the same street, wearing the same outfit, you'd have had a lot more people video-ing you. The best we can hope for is that we walked well.

@mlroseplant good idea with your list. I have it in my head which heels are suitable for which distance/duration. Not so much for blisters (can only happen sometimes with newer pairs) but for heel height and general comfort. That's also why certain pairs are my go-to shoes for everything, but I'm trying to wear the other ones more too now, also due to our challenge 🙂

@CrushedVamp I feel the same. If I am well dressed I feel better than if I'm not. Simple as that. Of course if I'm getting my hands dirty on some work I just wear anything that's already dirty or worn out, but simply because I don't want to ruin my good clothes. The story with the waitress is just...I don't know what to say. This again shows which presumptions are in people's heads.

Taking politics with anyone these days is a fraught business. I tend to avoid it altogether and stick to discussing the weather and the day to day minutiae of life. And if that minutiae includes wearing heels so be it.

Maybe it was just the FBI ... 😀

No problem - that outfit is fabulous!

👍🤩 Thank you for the compliment !!

Oh mama! That's it! We're having a best dressed of 2026 competition! You in?