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Big travel day today - Manchester to London to Leeds (and back to my boat) saw many a block heeled boot - from 2.5” to 3.5” but what surprised me was in Manchester I saw several quite high - 4” to 4.5” stilettos, both boots and pumps. And worn by people who knew how to walk gracefully in them. Their ages varied from about 30 to mid fifties. it’s been quite a while since I’d seen people wearing high stilettos.

I realize I'm a little off topic, but will add these photos anyway. I really love how my new "Hunter refined boots" look and feel, especially love how they fit my chicken legs nicely. Enjoy wearing them while clearing the snow also, even though they are not lined/insulated, but that is OK. Wish I could find a pair of Hunter will block heels, but don't think they make that style anymore...

It is definitely the wrong season for these, even for me, but I'm good and ready to wear sandals again. I picked these up on ebay, and they turned out to be pretty great, or at least so I think having yet to wear them out in the real world. Below zero temperatures are a little extreme even to snap a quick picture, so you get the picture on top of the clothes dryer for now. They are Nine West, but newer Nine West, so you get a weird model name and questionable quality. The model is called Wilia3. Why 3? I have no idea. They seem pretty solid, but only time will tell. The heels are 5 1/4" coupled with 1" platforms, so they are reasonably steep. They are a little bit unusual in the sense that the heels are asymmetrical in their dimensions, being 3/4" fore-and-aft, but only 1/2" side-to-side.