Cali

Migration 

I always liked boots and booties.  In the 70's-90's I had a pair of shoeties with a 3 inch heel my first wife gave me. Wore those shoes until they finally fell apart.

Then 10 years ago by chance I found out I could fit women's size ten. I needed water shoes for a tropical vacation. The sporting goods store was out of the men's water shoe in my size, so I tried a women's version (better choice of colors too). They fit better that the men's version one size above my size.

I have had many ankle problems over my lifetime, sprained both ankles over 100 times each, multiple major surgeries. I was looking for new running shoes and search the internet for what might fit my feet. I decided that women's shoes had a better chance to fit, so I purchased some cheap running shoes to try out the concept. They fit better than any shoes I had ever had.  I have not purchase any men's shoes since then.  I started to buy booties with a 1.5 to 3 inch heel. Several years ago I had the need to raise both heels 4 inch.  I have been wearing 4+ inch heels ever since.  I hardly ever wear my short heels any more.

Eye Popping

Sentimentality

Sorry Stoney but I'm a boot, booties and wedge fan.  I spend over 10 hours a day in heels, standing and walking, and the surface is not always flat.  Needle heels are just to hard for that long of a day. I'm not a pump fan myself.  Since I have a very high arch pumps tend to cut into the tops of my toes. But seeing some of the pumps on this site has me re-thinking this and I plan to try on some open toe pumps the next time I go shoe shopping. 

SkirtDude what a great work look.  Very professional looking and polished.  I wish I could pull that look off a work as well.  Add some makeup and I would be in heaven.

On 2/26/2017 at 11:26 AM, mlroseplant said:

A random woman approached me fairly early in the evening and told me that she loved my shoes. She said it twice. I smiled and thanked her, and she went back to her table. Another random woman, several minutes later, who was wearing black Ugg boots with a Harley-Davidson logo embroidered on them, accosted me. She went on and on about how in the hell could I walk in those. I ran into her again later on, and she started in again, pulling nearby people into the conversation. She then asked me what size I wore, and I told her Size 9. So then she wanted to try on my shoes. I said, "Well.  .  . um.  .  . OK, why not?" She could barely manage to stand in them, and was unable to straighten her knees, so that lasted about 30 seconds, and I got my shoes back. Several more minutes of "How can you possibly like those shoes? My feet are still hurting from that 30 seconds.  .  ."

I know this is late to the game but I wanted to highlight this event.

I've had similar experiences where a woman will go on and on about how you can walk in shoes that tall, then when they find out they have a similar foot size (I'm a size 10) they all of a sudden want to try your shoes on.  It just makes me laugh.

By the way, I have asked a woman if I could try her shoes on as well and she let me. It goes both ways.

Beautiful shoes. It's funny how you forget how long it took you to find your balance at different heights. With shoes that steep you need to take small steps, there no such thing as "in a big hurry."

Balsamic

Cheese

Lagoon

Beach Boardwalk

LOL.....I have the perfect outfit that would go with those purple floral heels. I can just image the response I would get at work as well. Sadly it never happen. I just can't wear shoes like that, they just don't fit right.

Rollercoaster

Looking good.

From experience, short shorts with boots will yield a lot more double (triple) takes. In the summer, if it rains on a warm day I will wear calf high boots and shorts with a Hawaiian shirt.  Those are the days my coworkers will tease me, mostly because its a look they wish they could pull off themselves.

Wish I could find OTK boots to go with my shorts.

Ferris Wheel

Cotton Candy

Mint Julep

Kentucky

Rum

When I first started wearing heels to work several woman complained that they could no longer use the excuse "they're hard to walk in" as to why they don't wear heels themselves. The pressure is on me too to keep the bar high. 

Your right Stoney, the packaging is great.  I was surprise that these are "hand made in Las Vegas". I thought what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. To show the color shift you need a video, which they do have links to on their website.  Even though I just had a pedi with bi-color toes, I cant wait to try these out.

Sugarcane

Hacienda

Doghouse