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Yes HHP is unique, I think. Very much a fashion oriented site about high heels, but with mainly male members

Yes, I'm aware of this site's male clientele, but I haven't found an identical blog with a female clientele. And your opinion is just as important.

I too avoid the self check out aisles - I don’t see why I should be the store’s unpaid cashier and wish to make my own protest against this march towards a soulless world we we interact only with machines and people are dine out of jobs. As well, I dislike these self check outs for the reasons you name - their tedious inefficiency and time wasting hassles.

I hate the self check out also, and would prefer to bag my own items. But, there are usually so few regular checkout lines available, you have no choice. Sick and tired of the register not taking off discounts until after you have totalled up the sale. So infuriating to hear the crap about "you didn;t put the scanned item on the table". This is a real pain when it comes to lightweight items such as greeting cards. On the plus side, I got a nice compliment about my boots the other day from a helper at the self check out in Home Depot.

I can't disagree with you about anything you've said--well, except for the part about wearing flats. Who would ever want to do that? Nevertheless, I hope you do realize that nearly 100% of your audience on this site is male.

I have definitely eased up on my shoes over the years as far as the wear. I don't necessarily break fewer shoes than I did before, but the heel tips do not wear out nearly as fast as they used to. It's not that I walk timidly, I just walk more gently, as you suggest. Specifically, I don't do a hard heel strike anymore, and a lot of that has to do with ankle flexibility that I've developed over the last decade. Nevertheless, I basically have only one pair of stilettos that I wear for occasional walking, and I have posted a picture here. They actually measure 120 mm high, but are the most walkable shoes I have at that height. I use them as practice shoes to help me walk better in my higher shoes. I also wore them to church last week in deference to Pride Month. Unfortunately, the sanctuary was decorated weirdly for vacation bible school, and nobody could see my feet. Anyhow, I got 9 miles out of the stock heel tips, and over 16 out of the replacements. I'm on 30 miles total for those shoes. To put that in perspective, that's twice the mileage I used to get out of stiletto heel tips, and I don't think the quality of the product has changed significantly in the last 10 years. My non-stiletto heel caps have experienced the same relative increase in service life. I like the self checkout at the grocery store (because I can bag my groceries my way in my own cloth bags), but I hate self checkout anyplace else. Actually, if they'd do like they do in most of Minnesota, and have a regular checkout but self-bag, I'd prefer that. On edit: It occurred to me that in small file size, it may not be obvious that my mules, though predominately black, are rainbow colored.

Hello everyone The 2nd reason to wear heels: A way of communicating without words Your mood is proportional to the height of your heels, and this height can clearly be an indicator of your glamorous side. When you wear ballet flats, you want to be comfortable; when you wear heels, you want to be feminine; when you wear high heels, you want to be very feminine, even naughty, and clearly above the rest. In the street, the click of a woman's gait announces in advance a pair of high heels worn by a woman who clearly wants to be feminine, elegant and who announces the color: I'm here, I'm feminine and I claim it without words by wearing heels because I've decided to. So, gentlemen, know how to guess your companion's state of mind just by looking at her outfit and, above all, the centimeters of heel that lift her up. Sensitive people immediately notice this accessory, and words become useless when it comes to the message conveyed by those who wear them. Communicating positively through your body language is only possible if your gait is graceful, with the right pair of shoes for the situation. "I'm an independent woman but I love the way heels make me powerful and vulnerable at the same time. " Dita Von Tees