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It's Mess With Your Mind Thursday, so today's work boots.

Wearing knee high boots and shorts in the summer is great!  Don't knock it till you try it. It's a feeling I can't describe, you got to do it to understand. I do it several times a summer, I call it the "mess with your mind" look. Be assured, you will be noticed.

She was an older women 60 - 70 years old, probably without defined calves. Her's and mine PO Boxes are in the back of the post office and she followed me out.

A new first for me.

I was walking out of the post office yesterday when a woman came running after me to tell me how much she liked my calves and wished she had calves like mine. Then she wondered if she should wear heels to get calves like mine.  I just had to chulke.😀

Had some time to kill yesterday (or should I say 'time to slay'), so I went shoe shopping. Went to a Steve Madden store and tried a few heels, but nothing fit. Aldo had nothing I want and neither did Macy's.  The Macy's had convert about 25% of their floor space to runners/sneakers.  Sad.

But the most disappointing store was the DSW. Heels are now less that 20% of the store space. Also nothing I wanted to buy.

You only have to worry when the computer or TV screen shouts back. Until then you are fine.

I just read that in 2929 Steve Madden moved some of their production from China to Mexico and Brazil.

Hi all.

I have many shoes that are 6 - 7 years old, well worn years.  The one below is a Charles David wedges.  I have at least 6 of these in this design and another very similar design in different colors. Extremely easy to walk in. But they are shows their age. This one fell apart last week.

As you can see, the glue disintegrated.  I had to wear these for two hours until I could get back to my car.Also, the padding on the one is coming loose. It happened to this pair last year.

What I am asking for is a VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT waterproof glue that is also flexible.

Got them on a special one day sale with free shipping.

I have written over 20 shoe reviews over the years, but never include my gender in the review. I write about fit and walk-ability of the shoe.

We had 7 atmospheric rivers hit us this winter. major destruction - roads - piers - towns - hillsides -    floods ....

The ski slope I ski most often had over 60.5 feet (about 18.5 meters) of snow this year.

After the winter we had in this area, really happy to break out the sandals and shorts.

Back to heels.

It's the start of Short Season here, so I wore some old wedges with my shorts to work today.

Or did he slay it?

Good job Mary!!!

I didn't want to say that confidence is a masculine quality, because it is gender free concept.

In fashion, the word slay is used to say you killed the look, you nailed that look, .  Just today I got an email/ad from Steve Madden, title 9 Slay-Worthy Styles

From the mouth of Google:

“Slay" is a slang term used to describe someone who has done so exceptionally well that they killed it, hence “slay.”

I think that the word missing in this article is confidence.  It requires a high degree of confidence in yourself to wear knee high heets or pumps (our others) in public. And confidence is a very important quality to have.

Here the slang "slay" means kill, as in "you kill that look". But I also slayed a gopher yesterday too. However, I like to say I helped the gopher transtion to the after life.

Not my style nor my height. But if you like them, wear them, emjoy them.

I can see it now, a Lawn Mover Museum is in you future.  Maybe @pebblesf can open an Evinrude wing.

Today I wore Steve Madden lace-up sandals.  A woman from a group that has been telling me they love my heels as they walk past my office, saw me walking to a meeting and said "you always slay with your heels."

I have known and worked with this woman for at least a decade. Her (now) husband and I were in grad school together in the early 80's.  Earlier this year, when on a rainy day I had on blue faux suede knee high boots, she asked me "didn't you get the memo, you don't wear suede in the rain?"

I told her, "I got the memo, these are faux."

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I also got a random "I like your boots" from a group of 20ish women walking by.

Now, if I had a dollar for everytime I've heard that .........

Very long but interesting day today.  I am on a governing board and today we had our final meeting for the year. I was early and went to sit and work on some papers. Upon entering a friend asked if I was wear Freebird? I was. It turns out that Freebirds are one of her favorite brands. Instead of working on my papers before the meeting, we had a discussion on Freebirds. We both have multiple pairs of the same model.

3 hours ago, WedgesAreFun said:

I feel exactly the same way. To my own eyes and mind it does not look right when I see other men wearing such things, yet I practice the same closeted activity myself in the privacy of my own home.

I am a hypocrite in this regard.

This is why I keep it to a being just a closeted activity, I do not wish to present myself to the outside world in a way wherein I will be judged harshly and destroy my social standing among my peers. If I presented myself in womens clothing to the outside world I don't believe my peers or family would be wrong for judging me harshly when upon seeing my own reflection in the mirror.

It is easier for them to virtue signal about a life they don't or will not live themselves.

Reality is that the world is a harsh place and I am a realist. Life as a man is brutal but we do what we must, so we press on. Hats off to those brave enough to go against the grain, living their life for themselves and their own enjoyment, they have my respect for living as they please but I do not encourage it nor do I have any illusions that the world will EVER truly accept it even if the laws make such discrimination's illegal.

As a man life is a real struggle for me, it is suffering in silence, complaining does nothing but make others lose respect. The joys of being a man are few for me, but I will try to do my best to live my life as best as I can as man and get what enjoyment I can from my closeted activities within the sanctity of my home.

 

@WedgesAreFunyour comments sadden me. One's life shouldn't be a struggle and suffering.

I switched to women's shoes over a decade ago when I finally figure out why I was having so many severe ankle problem (cause: men's shoes). I started to wear women's shoes and went through the fears of doing this fulltime. I started wearing 4 inch heels to heal a severe calf injury and found they helped another condition. So I have been wearing high heels since.

I have found a way to live as a man, but with softer clothes, more colorful clothes.  Don't limit your enjoyment.