mlroseplant

22 hours ago, KneeBooted said:

My family and I are back in Louisville, KY for the holidays...

So I wore my new Sorel wedges out to dinner last night with my parents, my wife, and our kids. I paired them with my skinny jeans and a blue t-shirt, similar to the post on the previous page that was quoted at the top of this one.

We went to a local place that makes amazing burgers. I ended up in the seat at the table that showed off my choice of footwear quite easily, and I may have done that on purpose, lol.

While I got a couple of looks, no one said anything, and I was so preoccupied that I didn’t even see much else if anyone even reacted to it.

However, there was a couple at the bar that noticed and I assume kept talking about me in heels even as we were leaving. This couple was waking out behind us, and I heard a short bit from the guy... “I bet his feet are hurting. I’d be ok with it if...”

Number one, my feet weren’t hurting in the least, they’re wedges!

Number two, what situation would it have to be for that guy to be ok with another guy in heels? I assume he likely was going to say if I was gay, no kids, or something of the sort. Sigh, a sign I’m back in a conservative area lol.

It never ceases to amaze me how people think we must constantly walk around in misery. I've had several men over the years comment that they must be uncomfortable as hell, and it's usually something rather low-ish, too. Womens' comments are almost always along the lines of, "I wish I could wear those." I'm generalizing, of course, there have been quite a few true, unconditional compliments over the years, but I find those two categories to be the most common. What I really want to say is, "Yes, you can wear these, you just don't want to." I'm sure there are a certain percentage of people who can't wear heels, but most of them simply don't want to put in the time or the effort to get to the point where they can wear heels long term in comfort. Me? I'm still workin' on it!

10 hours ago, chesterx said:

Had a quick outing today. Went to Kohl's as they were having a sale on Gloria Vanderbilt jeans & I wanted to pick up a couple pairs to brighten up my jeans selection with some different colors. I also walked by a sparkly top I had to have, just in case I find some place to go for New Years Eve. Stopped off on the way home at Wings & More for dinner & some football, then back home. I chose to wear my  Jessica Simpson O'dorsey pumps that I wore earlier. They were too tight when I wore them then, but I really like how they look so I tried them on again & this time they were a lot more comfortable. I had them on about 3-4 hours & could have gone longer, so I am happy about that. I'm goint to make them part of my regular rotation. Hoping to fit in more heel opportunities between visits with my mother.

If there is one regret that I've had over the past 7 years, it's that I have been too quick to get rid of shoes that maybe don't fit quite right, but show promise. Some of my favorite shoes started off being rather tight, and there are some I got rid of right away that I wish I had back, now knowing the difference between "a little snug," and "always going to kill my feet." Obviously, you don't want the second one, but it's sometimes difficult to know the difference. May I suggest investing in a high heel shoe stretcher. I bought this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C32K12U/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

1 hour ago, at9 said:

Stealing is an interesting concept when you distinguish between bits and atoms. If you steal atoms (cars, books, wives etc) you deprive the previous owner of their use. If you steal bits this is done by copying (text, music, ideas etc) the original owner still has them. They may be of reduced value but the original owner can still play the music, read the document on a computer etc.

I'm no bible scholar but I don't think the concept of intellectual property is well covered.

If one continues reading past Deuteronomy chapter 22, it's addressed a few chapters later: "Thou shalt not sample classic rock 'n' roll for your hiphop record. It is an abomination."

5 hours ago, kneehighs said:

Church priorities and never a mention about your heels.  Good news for your style preference.  

I studied a bit of context of Deuteronomy awhile back.  The whole book is kind of like an instruction manual given to a kid leaving home for the "promised land" of college.  After living for "hundreds of years" under the care of their parents they realistically have little life experience. Thus, the silly laws.

In the United Methodist Church, and perhaps some other denominations, we have a thing called "Holy Humor Sunday." It is typically the Sunday after Easter, but I think our church celebrates it at another time. I am not entirely sure where this tradition originates, but we have a sort of "silly" church service that Sunday. I have always wanted to try a little standup comedy, and I think I dreamed up that bit I wrote a couple days ago about the Jewish leaders chastising the silly farmer for trying to yoke an ox and a donkey together. If I stole that from somewhere, it was unconscious and unintentional. Several days later, I still think it's one of the funniest things I've ever made up, but unfortunately, like so much of my humor, it's only funny to a select group. I think I can tone down the language to make it work for the intended audience.

I had never thought about Deuteronomy (and probably most of Leviticus, also) in the way that you mentioned. I think there's probably some truth to it. Can I steal that idea as material for my sketch, if indeed it ever comes to fruition?

10 minutes ago, KneeBooted said:

Ha! Yeah, the church we attend now definitely personifies what I imagine from an open/inviting church. What I mean is that if anyone has taken notice, they really don’t care, or not enough to say anything to me.

That being said, the church we attended when we were living in Indiana claimed to be an open/inviting church, but you could definitely tell it wasn’t unless you conformed and acted like them. They were definitely a conservative Christian church.

Moving to California revealed some of the member’s true colors before we left, and I am thankful we don’t see those people anymore.

I love how you think I’m going to be able to pull off 5” stilettos! I usually stick with thicker heels, but I guess you never know.

That's just it.  .  . you never know. I was the same at first, I thought I would stick with bigger, chunkier heels, but it didn't work out that way. Your path will be completely different than mine, but I didn't even predict my own path very well.

I was just thinking (because I do that sometimes) that there are a number of things I like to do which at first blush seem above and beyond the normal course of behavior. For one, I wear high heels whenever possible. That in and of itself is strange enough. Not only does it feel natural, but I get a kick out of it. I especially get a kick out of people saying, "How on earth do you do it?" I would like to claim it's a superpower, but it's not. I'm just as bad as anyone else at walking in heels, it's just that I practice a lot more, and consciously practice. I'm sure that doesn't even enter into most people's consciousness.

The other sub-thing I really seem to enjoy is wearing sandals or backless clogs all winter long. I don't know why I like to do it. It's not really a fetish, and it's not really a bragging rights thing, it's just something I like to do. Maybe because it involves a little hard work and sacrifice. Sometimes I feel guilty that I've got several pairs of boots which never get worn. Just some random thoughts.

I'm kind of with you on the leggings, but I'm not ready to wear them alone as pants without something long over my hip area. This is for a couple of reasons, the most important being that my wife would kill me. Despite this, I have just bought three additional pairs of cropped leggings, for a total of 5, which I have come to love as long underwear (an off-label use?). This allows me to wear sandals and clogs all winter without letting on that I have an extra layer of warmth there under my pants!

22 hours ago, KneeBooted said:

So it turned out I was wrong about my coworker finding my Instagram account about my heeling, BUT she had been paying attention to which heels I’d been wearing to work. So after a brief discussion, she now follows me and thinks it’s awesome.

I posted in the thread of @mlroseplant about church and heels, and thought I’d say a quick word about my late experience.

I had continued with the idea that I need to step out of my comfort zone in order to progress with my heeling. So a few weeks ago, I wore my new skinny jeans from American Eagle and paired them with my Sorel wedge boots. I figured it wasn’t a very feminine look, and chances are they’d go unnoticed.

The only people I saw that took notice were a daughter in her late teens/early 20s and her mother. They made some small talk to each other and pointed at my shoes, but neither laughed, snickered, or otherwise made a negative reaction. If anything, they seemed extremely curious. I didn’t get a chance to find them after service, but again I had no negative experience.

So for a couple of additional Sundays, I wore a similar look again, making it the norm. The one girl who works in childcare has checked them out, but nothing negative.

This past Sunday I pushed the envelope again, wearing my new Naturalizer ankle boots that match my wife’s pair. I had worn them once a month or two ago but with extra long jeans to hide most of the heel, etc. To push the envelope though, I wore just a long pair of jeans, thus showing off the fact I was wearing some kind of heel.

My wife wore her pair too, and this was by far the most notices I’ve received from other members of the church. I got quite a few double takes from women and even some from men. At one point the right cuff of my jeans got hung up on the cuff of my boot, showing off the entire thing. This happened while getting my son out of the child care area. While one mom took multiple looks then looked up at me to see it was in fact a man wearing heels, the ladies who watched my kid didn’t even bat an eye.

So the world didn’t end, I wasn’t excommunicated, and no one raked me over the coals for wearing heels.

I know you're exaggerating a bit for humorous effect, but if they're going to kick you out for that, you need to find another church!

If you believe my wife, I get gawked at all the time in church, but she hasn't said anything for a few years, so I assume that either she's given up telling me, or people have just gotten used to me. The first time I wore heels to a church function was in May of 2012, so it's been a few moons. If memory serves, the first time I wore stilettos to an actual church service was Easter 2013.

Nice, casual outfit, by the way--very similar to what I wind up wearing most of the winter, only different. One of these days, you will end up wearing 5" stiletto heels to church, and THEN they might have something to talk about.

I see this thread has gone all wonky again. As I mentioned elsewhere on this forum, I have come to appreciate that, since it's difficult to artificially create a thread for such things. I try not to take myself too seriously.

16 hours ago, bluejay said:

I'm the same as you SF.  I wear heels and flats to my church on Sundays. I wear boots too, but have never worn sandals showing off my colored pedi. I've seen other men wearing women's shoes and boots too.  I get compliments from both women and men, in church. The Lord God, doesn't care how your dressed when you visit, "His House".

Happy Heeling,

bluejay

Flats to church? Perish the thought! I'm only joking, of course, but I can't think of the last time I wore flats to church, even on Wednesday night. I'm seriously trying to remember. Anyway, it's been years. I have gotten compliments from women, but only one man, who happened to be the Associate Pastor at the time, who said I looked like a Boss.

I've read it several times, so I know I didn't misread, "I've seen other men wearing women's shoes and boots too." Where have you seen that, and was it due to your influence?

Finally, it's a good thing that the Lord doesn't care how you dress when you come to church, because we're getting more and more casual all the time, much the same as secular society, and I don't know about where you're from, but we Iowans are not naturally pretty people. We could use a little cleaning up every once in a while. However, I like wearing sandals a lot. I actually attended Christmas Eve service, the biggest, most important service of the year, dressed what I consider to be casually, just so I could wear sandals. My excuse to myself was that I would be wearing a choir robe anyway, so who cares? I am not to the point where I feel it would ever be appropriate to wear sandals with a suit and tie. If I were a chick, that might be different, but I'm not.

I thought I would contribute regularly to this thread, but I see it has fallen by the wayside. I now realize why. We hate to hijack other people's threads with our humorous, but otherwise irrelevant banter, but there's a reason why it happens--I think it is a natural reaction to ordinary conversation, and there are some of us who like to take conversation on a sometimes circuitous route. To separate out these conversational side journeys often takes away the beauty of the journeys themselves. I suppose it is a shoe without a foot to put in it, and with no place to travel.

17 hours ago, kneehighs said:

I find it fascinating how your niche for heels is acceptance at church. Quite valuable, if you ask me.  At surface level, I imagine there's a couple challenges which leads me to two questions.  Neither of which you're required to answer if your privacy or boundaries deem inappropriate.

1.  What denomination of church is it?  

2.  Has anyone ever thrown Deut 22:5 at you?

I will largely answer your questions with this picture:

To totally mix my metaphors, we have much bigger footballs to fry at the moment than worrying about my heels. It wouldn't surprise me if the United Methodist Church split up within the next few years, much as that pains me to think about. Oh, and to answer very clearly, no, no one in our church has ever even thought about anything in the Pentateuch past about halfway through Exodus, much less complained about my heels.

Can you find me in the picture? I'm almost all the way to the very left, next to the big guy in the yellow polo shirt. I'm wearing shorts and heels, though it is not obvious in this photo unless you know.

14 hours ago, KneeBooted said:

While I don’t want to hijack the thread, I will add that this has been something I’ve been working on/towards. I’ll discuss it more in my thread, but these past few weeks that I’ve been making my heels more noticeable, I’ve gotten some quizzical looks, but nothing negative as of yet, and the only person to throw Deuteronomy 22:5 at me was myself a few years back. I’m a non-denominational Christian, and my argument if someone were to try and use that verse against me, I’d politely ask them to read that entire chapter and tell me if they’re also ok with the rest of what it says...

Don't worry about hijacking my thread, there's nothing much here to hijack! Indeed, sometimes if one tries to artificially move a discussion elsewhere, it dies.

I've always wondered about all those old Jewish laws, and why we even worry about them, when even Bible literalists don't follow them in any meaningful way. I suppose that at one time, there was a logic to nearly all of them, though some of them may have arisen from mere superstition. The ox and the ass thing, for example, why in the hell would you ever want to do that in the first place? The laws of physics, to say nothing of Jewish Law, would pretty much prevent that from being successful. I can just imagine the priests or the Levites coming out to the farmer, trying to make such a rig work: "Why do want to do it THAT way for, you dumb son of a bitch? That's just stupid!" Then they made a law to protect idiots from themselves. No different than what we're still doing today!

I got to wear sandals yet again yesterday. Christmas Day was definitely not white. I tried this layered thing, which might at this point be a little dated. However, there is this thirty-something woman at church who often sports this look, only I think she uses three layers instead of two. Always with short heels of about 3 inches, and skin tight boot cut jeans. Despite the fact that she's a rather mousy-looking woman, she always looks kind of hot. So I decided to try it, only with skinny pants and sandals. One of these days, I've got to find a better spot to take selfies.

19 hours ago, Pierre1961 said:

I agree. The pants of that girl are terrible. Never!

But we still have a lot of other choices: skinny ( ankle length with pumps or oxford,or longer with booties) 

Slim with Oxford,pumps booties,but not too short 

straight with Cuban heels. Could be baggy 

boot cut to cover any kind of shoes  

So a lot of choices depending of what we wear on top and circonstances  

A lot of fun 

 

I have had a chance to have a lot of fun lately, with several days off for Christmas. In addition to my tuba adventures, I went shopping yesterday to pick up a very few last minute items, and somehow the weather is unusually warm this week. With temperatures in the 50s (low 10s in Celsius), I wore my gray Michael Antonio sandals yet again, and was able to ditch my coat. My 10 year old complained that these sandals are obnoxiously loud (they kinda are!), but I told him that once I get the heels replaced with rubber, once these heels wear out, they won't be loud anymore. Just by chance, a lady wearing high heeled boots (maybe 3 1/2" block heels) walked by. I said, "Look there.  .  ." He said "What?" I said, "What do you mean 'What?' Her heels are every bit as loud as mine!" Evidently, I am obnoxious, but everyone else is nearly unnoticeable. Kids!

For Christmas Eve services last night, I decided not to wear a suit, since I would have a choir robe on anyway. Besides, I wanted to wear sandals yet again. I chose some very plain black skinny dress pants that haven't fit in a while (did I tell you I've lost some weight? More about that later) with my red BCBG Paris mules. Red for Christmas, I figured. Plus they compliment the blue choir robe quite nicely. Not only did I sing in the choir, I played brass with a small group to compliment/augment the organ. That was exhausting, since everything was on the fly, none of it planned out. The first thing I noticed was that the two acolytes, two girls maybe 10-12 years old, were both wearing sandals, so I wasn't the only one to wear sandals to Christmas Eve service. Thankfully, they were very nice looking, dressy sandals and not rubber flip flops. Of course, they weren't heels, but girls that young probably shouldn't be wearing heels anyhow, so they get a pass.

Naturally, you can't really see my shoes in this picture, so I am providing a second picture. Anyhow, Merry Christmas to all, or whatever holiday you might celebrate at your house! I hope you have many heels and many nice adventures in the year to come.

8 hours ago, chesterx said:

Today I was in a good mood for heeling. The 1st stop was to a shoe store in the local mall to see if they had a pair i saw online in stock. Didnt so I had to order them online. In fact they had sold out all their large size shoes. After I stopped at Macaroni Grill for early supper. I had the Lamb Braciole & man it was fantastic. Lamb wrapped in prosciutto, pan seared till crispy, then baked till tender inside. I left not a bit on that plate, let me tell you. Last I went to see the latest Star Wars flick. I enjoyed it. Was a bit fast paced in that I didn't quite understand all the relationships between the main characters, but I'm not much of a fan boy, just interested in the movie itself.  I wore a pair of heels I was saving for a special occasion but I don't have anything planned as yet, & I thought it prudent to test how they felt before committing to a long evening in them as strappy heels can be a real bear sometimes, comfort wise, they turned out to be very comfortable to wear & walk in. They are by Bellini and have a 4" heel, although they didn't feel that high to me. I love the look of these, although I don't know of many places I can wear them as they are so dressy. The theater has these blue leds lighting the aisle & they lit up the sparkles on the straps so beautifully. I was planning to wear a different pair but when I tried to walk in them they were smashing my toes pretty good, no way I was going to last an evening in them, so chose the Bellini pair instead. Funny those heels seemed to fit when I tried them earlier in the year. Guess I will see if I can stretch them. Overall it was a standard outing as I usually have, with one memorable exception. As I was leaving the mall a pretty young lady was ahead of me with her boyfriend. She was wearing a super cute outfit. A black shinny A-line mini skirt, an off the shoulder red sweater top with long sleeves, & a pair of black round toed velvet platform pumps, similar to the pair I wore earlier in this thread, but with a block heel & a thin ankle strap. They were parked in the same row as I was so I stayed behind them to admire the sight. One thing I enjoy almost as much as wearing heels is watching others wear heels. We got a ways down the row when she stopped while her BF kept walking. When I reached her I stopped & said "He's not leaving you is he?" She said "No, he is bringing the car".   I said "Hurting that much?", & she replied with a smile "Yeah". I paused a second then said "Mine feel fine..." She stared at me for a bit till I motioned toward my feet. She looked down & her eyes widened "OMG! Those are so cute! Let me see!" I pulled up the cuff & showed them off for her. She was so excited about my heels.  We talked about the heels we owned for a couple minutes till a car came up looking for a spot. I wished her a merry Christmas and left for the restaurant. That was wonderful. She had a fun memory she can share with her friends & I made a lovely memory as well. I used to fantasize about talking to women about heels so this was a chance to live that, at least for a moment. I hope to have more of those types of interactions in the new year. Merry Christmas Y'all!

Those sorts of moments are part of what makes our experience so sweet. What's even better is that since you were actually wearing heels yourself, you obviously didn't come off as creepy, but merely interested in shoes.

I don't mind admitting that I don't think I could pull off those shoes. Kudos to you!

It's been a while since we've heard from you! Sometimes the simple outfits are the best. Again, I think you have managed to create some interest where maybe there wasn't before. I rather like the look. I hope you are having a great holiday season!

19 hours ago, Cali said:

I have just started to wear skinny pants. Mostly motivated by the desire to wear my boots on the outside. I bought 30 inch and 28 inch inseams. When I first started to wear heels I used 34 inch inseam that hide most of the heels. The 30 inch (Levis 311 30X30) hits at my ankle and can cover the top edge of some booties, socks (cute) needs to be worn with these. The 28 inch (Express 10S jeggings)  hits 1.5 inches above the ankle. This is a much more bold look, it takes more "gut" to pull it off.  With my skinny jeggings it does have a feminine feel to it, especially with red stilettos. But both are excellent with my calf high and higher boots.

So be careful with going too short. A little wide and short may leave you open to the question "Where's the flood?"

 

Yes, I have no desire to have my pants tailored to look like the gal pictured a few posts up. Not only is that too short (especially with a suit), but it’s too wide. I had one pair of suit pants altered by my friend the tailor to make them much narrower and tapered at the bottom, and after a couple wearings, I had her take yet another inch off the hem because they bunched at my ankles when I stood up. They were too narrow to slip over the heels of my shoes (the part where my foot goes in the shoe, not the elevated part of the shoe), and too long to hang properly and neatly. I’m pretty satisfied with how they turned out, which is why I say ankle length and not longer.

I do have a couple other suits where the pants are quite a bit narrower, but wide enough to fall around my shoes, and I think those look ok too. It’s just this particular suit that I’m not happy with. It’s cut in an older, more traditional style, and I feel it just doesn’t look that great with these very high platform shoes. Someday soon, I will have to take some pictures to show you what I’m talking about. Unfortunately, my computer seems to have picked up a virus, and is not working properly. I am writing this on the company iPad, and I really don’t want to put a bunch of personal stuff on here. Hopefully, my brother-in-law, who is a computer guy and is coming to visit soon, can help me get my computer sorted.

I’m not going to be completely negative, but I am going to be the voice of reason. I think that for the style, your outfits look good. The question that immediately springs to mind for me is, can you walk in those boots with perfect ease? That is something that has tested more than one of us with such ambitious footwear. 

Like a lot of us on this site, I wish I would have started with all this when I was a little younger. Unfortunately, my hands are pretty much beyond hope. Nearly a quarter century of working construction and playing stringed instruments have rendered them ugly. Ugly is maybe a strong word, but they certainly aren’t graceful looking. My fingers are very meaty and thick, and my nail beds are way shorter than I wish they were. However, my feet and ankles have managed to stay pretty attractive in comparison, so maybe foot jewelry is the one avenue I have left to play with and feel like I don’t look ridiculous. On the third hand (because sometimes we all could use a third hand), it probably isn’t worth even screwing with, because my wife would have a cow. I should probably just concentrate on keeping my figure, growing a butt, and walking well.

 Some more pant talk. After seeing a video of me yesterday, I think I am going to have more of my suits tailored. Well, just the pants. I do not like how this otherwise sharp looking olive green suit looks with heels. The pants are too full, yet straight. I have nearly all of my suitpants hemmed this way, so that you can't wear them with normal men's shoes, but the effect is better on some than others. I'm going to have the legs slimmed up quite a bit, and have them shortened to ankle length. I think this will give the suit a more modern, edgier look. 

On the other hand, while I wasn't particularly pleased with my appearance or my playing (I rarely am), I was pleased that I appear to move quite naturally and easily in heels, which in this picture are my new (to me) Aldo oxfords, documented in the "new shoes" thread  

Backing up a day, I had the chance to attend an event called Tuba Christmas, which is a group of low brass players that get together every year and play Christmas carols. We had 111 players this year, rather a lot more than expected. My 10 year old came with me, and played tuba, while I played euphonium. Our audience for the concert was about 600! That was a lot of people to have the chance to see the 5 1/2" heeled Michael Antonio sandals I wore to the event. That's right, sandals on the 21st of December. It was a nice day! Nobody commented on my shoes at all. 

On 12/17/2019 at 8:37 AM, power2all said:

Yah, I guess.
Too bad fashion went to shit with the full metal high heels :/
Those unwalkable shoes are just cring worthy...

Remember the shoes in that movie "Single White Female"? Seems they were quite popular for a while. I mean, to the extent that heels ever were after the 70s. I remember seeing women wearing those in the grocery store when I used to work at one. They weren't all that uncommon.

On 12/19/2019 at 10:33 AM, Chorlini said:

That or you previous owner stretched them out.

I just think that fashion went platform crazy around that time and never really recovered. For a while platforms were everywhere and everything. We've since reeled back from the abbyss a bit but heel wearers still seem intimidated from heights heigher then 4.5 inches in single sole heels that used to more the norm before platforms.

Yes, I agree, platforms were everywhere for a while. I hate to admit, since I'm, you know, 5 to 10 years behind the curve, that several of my recent purchases have included platforms which are rather thicker than I would like, but whatever. If I ever get something with a 2" platform, please gently remind me where I came from!

10 hours ago, Heelster said:

It's a chain. 

I actually know someone who is the assistant manager of a Clothes Mentor. Unfortunately, it's in Minneapolis.

20 hours ago, SF said:

Mlrose.....   As for the vintage Sbicca sandals, it is hard to describe how they looked.  Search Google or Yahoo images for vintage Sbicca sandals and you will see what I am talking about....  They just had that 70's & 80's look that I liked.....   sf

I did so, and couldn't figure out why there were so many of the shoes I'd bought over the last 7 years in this search, and then I realized that most of the Sbiccas I've bought are from a line called "Vintage Collection," which are not actually vintage, but anyway. I did find this picture, however, which I will share, because I think it's kind of hot. I don't know why I enjoy seeing women do thing in heels that are probably inadvisable. I've always been fascinated with circus performers. And now, back to our regularly scheduled program.  .  .

I don't think I would want to meet with a group of heelers, if that was the sole purpose of our meeting. But then, I feel the same about other activities, too. Once upon a time, I attended the Sturgis motorcycle rally (a famous annual motorcycle gathering in the U.S.), and hated it. I'd rather just ride by myself. Having said that, if I met with a group of people for some other purpose, and several of us just happened to be wearing heels, that would be different.

I agree that the question, as framed, is unanswerable and probably unknowable. Having said that, I have noticed that people react to me somewhat differently when I'm with my 10 year old son vs. when I'm with my wife and my son vs. when I'm by myself. I would estimate that people are the most likely to speak to me about my heels when I'm with my son and my wife is not there. I kind of wish somebody would compliment me when my wife was there, but it has never happened.

2 hours ago, JeffB said:

Agreed. The variables are virtually limitless. Still, that would make for an interesting experiment.

I think it would indeed make an interesting experiment, but I'm trying to imagine how one would even set up such an experiment. I should think that even if you could eliminate some of the variables, it would still take years to get any results worth publishing. I think you would have to insert some sort of artificial activity into the equation, much like that much publicized experiment where they determined that men will more readily help or react more positively to a woman wearing heels vs. the same woman wearing flats.

And now, I have saved the worst for last. The fourth out of my four new pairs of shoes, and frankly, the one that I am least excited about. They are BCBGeneration "Artemise," very, very boring beige, 5" heel, 1 1/4" platform. All man made, came with a stain on the side of the left wedge, which is my own fault, because it was indeed right there in the pictures on Poshmark. I'm not all that worried about it, I paid very little for these brand new appearing shoes. I keep on badmouthing these shoes, but I have actually owned this same exact shoe before, only in black. The ones I had before were well used when I got them, and by the time I got done with them, they were very ratty looking and falling apart. I will give them this--they're quite comfortable, and I guess I like that neutral color, but now that they're here on my feet, I guess I was remembering them a little more fondly than I should have.

And that is all I have for now! I don't plan on buying any more shoes until after the New Year.