HappyinHeels

mlroseplant,

Don't sell yourself short! I know of no finer heel model in Central Iowa than you. 😄 HinH

jeremy1986,

Your collection is coming along. I would caution you though there will come a point when you'll forget how many shoes you have or why you bought them. Especially once you take stock of how many heels you've worn even a single time. Your situation also needs to consider that yours aren't even worn in public. It is easy to buy something which is easy on the eyes and gives you such joy but you'll be amazed how it can get out of your control. Everything can be better enjoyed when it is done with moderation and insight. There have been forum questions before as to how many shoes any of us had and my answer was around 125 at the time I first replied. Problem I never actually counted later on. I strongly suspect I have more than double that and really should have a sale sometime soon. I have two sets of kneehigh boots, 4 pairs of pumps, 2 pairs of ankle boots, and about 10 pairs of wedges which I have worn on multiple occasions and to various venues such as restaurants, theatres, shopping centres, a few outdoor weddings and parties, and just walking around in some urban/suburban setting. Like I said, it is far too easy to let a passion go past what is reasonable to enjoy and maintain. Life is fairly short and available space for collectibles is probably yet shorter so be selective. HappyinHeels

mlroseplant,

My thoughts are exactly what Cali said. That women who say they are open-minded find self-erected barriers when those heels are on THEIR man's feet. Sort of like those who espouse diversity but go home to someone of the same race, people who speak glowingly of public education while spiriting off their kids to a private school, or the neighbourhood evangelist who scorns modern indecency by day yet has a rolodex of mistresses by night. There's what people say and then there is what they actually do. It is far easier for society to live a polite lie by not admitting what all they actually know because it is simply more relaxing to sit back and watch the world go by than tell you what exactly they think. Lots and lots of people do this and have for centuries. Even if everyone that knows you wear heels were to comment on it what would be gained by them or by you??  Anyone could ask you why you wear heels but this question was answered to my satisfaction several years ago when a 9-year-old simply said, "because it gives him joy." If your son could figure this out so quickly perhaps it's time for everyone else to do the same. Keep calm and heel on! HappyinHeels

Dangling is just another tool in the box women use to rope the men in. They keep doing what works because we keep watching. HinH

Looks like you had a good Memorial Day weekend as well as other adventures. We got back to Wisconsin on 6 May after 6 months in Arizona and visited Yellowstone and Glacier Nat'l Parks on the way back. Having been working in our yard I have been watering flowers and small plants every day as if I were back in Yuma. It's so dry here. Then I remembered your comment  about how this part of the country already had irrigation systems in place. It's called rain. Problem is that system has been off for a while!  Your son has grown taller and his mechanical ability has grown wider since I last saw him. It's really remarkable. You may need another outbuilding for future projects! It's nice to finally be entering stores and the like without a mask. It's not like that everywhere though. Conversations with my dad's family in Quebec shows they had some of the most restrictive procedures anywhere in North America. Here's hoping for normal times ahead. Laissez le bon temps ruouler! HinH 

Hi All, 

saw this while still in Arizona and decided to answer. My interest in heels started early in 1971 when first trying them on. Bought my first pair in 1978, wooden sandals with a 4.5”/11.5cm chunky heel. I always had a general interest in women’s fashion as a contrast to men’s. Have enjoyed wearing heels with different outfits over the last decade or so. Perhaps it was part taboo and part liberating and expressive is what pulled me in and kept my interest. HappyinHeels

Mlroseplant, 

I wonder when your son’s height will catch yours. That’s when it’s so obvious just how fast our babies grew up🤔HinH

Greek

I believe a big influencer on casualness in the workplace has been tech execs seen wearing sneakers and not wearing suits. They have ruined business dress the same way they ruined the Bay Area by invading the area with greedy and obscenely paid employees who priced out many existing Bay Area residents. The area didn’t get to better than 48000 forced evictions because it was becoming a BETTER place to live. So thank big tech for helping to squash office dress codes, displacing thousands of people and censoring speech of those they disagree with. That’s my 2 cents. HinH 

Well, I know mlroseplant and know there’s much more which unites us than divides us. He’s finding his place in the world as I have. The sky will not fall but our heels will grow tall! HinH

First time trying on was in 1971 at 10 yrs old. First purchase was a pair of wooden sandals in 1978. HinH

Cute girl and boots!

RANCH

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I have a lot of heels in the 4.75-5.5"/12-14 cm range despite some of my postings or wearing heels in some members' presence higher than this. When Bakers was in operation so many of their heels were in the 5-5.5"/12.5-14 cm range and I bought many especially pumps back then. I do miss them. I never quite found a good replacement store. Most of my jeans are bootcut and I do have one flared pair which I have worn into Chicago with some high wedges. Nice adventures. HinH

Yes I remember the warmth we had last Friday 9th of October when I officially recorded 84F/28C at my house/station. Spent the day doing yardwork in short shorts. I'm busy doing tasks/projects before we leave for South Carolina and from there to Arizona. This was an incredible growing year for just about everything. The dent (field) corn around our house reached 10.5 feet/ 3.2m in August and my first grape harvest was a success. I did enjoy wearing different sandals this year and posted a number of photos here. HinH

RonC,

This year will definitely be different. Spending my first Thanksgiving and Christmas away from Wisconsin since 1991 and not attending Packer games at Lambeau Field or enjoying the football season in my home state. Not to mention all the other stuff we all have had to endure. On the other hand, I look forward to seeing our daughter who is a travelling RN in Arizona, seeing my Navy buddy in Flagstaff, and spending time with all of our new neighbours in the Yuma Foothills area. I'll fly my green and gold stuff out there. BTW those Chicago Bears don't  look bad this year. HinH 

It's not that I don't want to but we're headed to South Carolina early next week to check out my sister's winter place before we head west to Yuma, Arizona for the winter. I'll be in sandal territory even many out there are wearing boots. Interesting difference. Should be back here by mid-April. HinH

I still remember the meet we had at a Halsted Ave. restaurant on 2 March 2013 on a Friday. I brought Gary Page from skyscraperheels to the meet and we met several forum members there. All wore boots except me as I opted for my Jessica Simpson "Carlow" sandals instead. It was around 32F/0C at the time. Really enjoyed that night. HinH

fantastic feet to both of you. Muito obrigado! HinH

Ah yes, une histoire sur les talons du jour (a story about the heels of the day) and other such adventures. Some members here already write about their day spent in heels and exactly what they wore with them so yours would neither be new nor boring. Go ahead and post about it. Besides, 2020 has given new meaning to the idea of a "captive audience". We have been denied the pleasure of going to the movies so please consider this forum your fashion stage and "show us those heels".  HinH

many of these look like previously posted photos but all of them could be worthy of leg contest submission. CAT really knows how to rock the heels and the outfit. HinH

mlroseplant,

Good point about law enforcement NOT mistaking you for someone else on their radar that day. This does not mean they do not already know about you. I've been to your town and it's neither large nor complicated so I would bet they know of you but, as you said, they were not giving you a hard time. The vast vast vast majority of law enforcement are trained to be observant and courteous and are not scheming to make everyone's life miserable. Despite some reports cops are out there planning and scheming to keep some people down the fact is when the shit hits the fan it is the professionals of law enforcement who answer the call in the middle of the night to respond to an accident in all types of weather, will dispatch world-class medical equipment and personnel to attend to the wounded, and run into certain danger while others run away. Whilst our system needs some reform and fine-tuning I would point out over my career in immigration and federal law enforcement in general I was always amazed how many countries sent law enforcement personnel to the United States for training in a multitude of disciplines from critical incident response, to hostage negotiation, to advanced firearms training, pursuit driving,etc. A nation doesn't send their citizens to get trained unless  they feel they are getting the very best training available. That was one of those things I remembered throughout my career. I got a lot of patches that way just from meeting others from around the world. Many of them were crazy about Border Patrol stuff!  Just let it be said though I never rode a horse on patrol in heels. Can't maneuvre too well in the sand! HappyinHeels

w6ish,

Believe you made the right call based on how you were dressed. Unless you have some EMS/CPR skills or have been around accident/emergency scenes you may well have just been in the way. During a career in law enforcement I came upon or responded directly to some accident scenes several of them fatal indeed. Assessing the needs at the scene quickly and calmly are key before others arrive on scene and they WILL look to you for that initial burst of information. Anyone who found themselves in a combat zone is usually best prepared for this type of situation. Of course just because you have been in that situation before doesn't mean you will not shed some tears over it later. It happened to me several times.

Had a driving experience in 2008 (26th December) my son and I will never forget. We took my wife from our home in southeastern Wisconsin to Midway Airport on Chicago's south side to get an early morning flight to San Diego so she could visit family in Mexico. Some light drizzle quickly became a light shower which froze ON CONTACT with the colder road and ground. We saw a few spinouts which increased as we got closer to Chicago. Dropped off my wife and we continued southbound on Interstate 55 toward St. Louis. Between Midway Airport and Interstate 80 we saw no less than 300 (my son kept count) vehicles in ditches, otherwise hopelessly stuck, on their sides, or upside down on both sides of the interstate highway. It was the types of vehicles which most surprised me. There were City of Lemont school busses and Illinois Dept. of Transportation snow plows on their sides in the ditch. Even a tow truck. Here we were proceeding along in a column of traffic going no more than 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) navigating an apocalyptic landscape. I was never more focused on who was in front, behind, or at my side and their relative distance to me than at that moment. Slowly the temperature creeped up above freezing and the road condition greatly improved but not until we had driven another 100 miles (160km) to Bloomington. Never saw conditions like that before or since. The traffic guy on WBBM radio said he'd never seen conditions deteriorate that quickly in 20 years of traffic reporting. I believe had we seen anyone lying on the pavement we would have gotten off the road but it didn't occur that day. If you drive enough places you'll eventually get tested like never before or see a fatal accident before any EMS arrives or both. Sharpens the skills and makes one appreciate life a little bit more. HappyinHeels

mlroseplant,

Ah yes I remember those sandals! You really do run the sandals until the tires (heels) come off. Still, you have 75 other pairs waiting for a walk!! Besides that sandal weather in Iowa will soon be coming to an end. We're headed for a freeze tonight so I went out and harvested all my grapes (Niagara cultivar) and came in with around 15 pounds of grapes. Not bad for a first harvest of 3-year-old vines. I plan to add more vines next year. HinH

A comment on the airlines. We watched the changes after the events of 11th Sept 2001, some the fault of the airlines hiring the cheapest security services possible and mostly the fault of foreces beyond their control. They got financial bailouts from the federal government of the USA and there may have been others in other nations as well. This time is different. The airlines' wallets grew fat from shrinking legroom by cramming more seats on planes and maximizing revenue by charging people for everything. My criticism is levelled primarily at American carriers. I believe foreign carriers surpassed most American carriers a while ago in overall flight quality. The reason airline traffic is way down now is because, we the market place, has decided an airline flight has less value than before. Whether it's concern over cleanliness and sanitary procedures on the plane, overall comfort, too much emphasis on 4 ounces of shampoo instead of 3 ounces instead of weapons getting through or whether shorter-than-average men like me (5'8.5"/174cm) suddenly having their knees running into the seat ahead of me, we the travelling public have rendered a verdict: we would rather not fly at least right now. To hell with them and their wishes for a bailout. Quit screwing with people and their bags and their itineraries when they need to change their ticket for good reasons. Maybe quit paying your CEO a salary 2000 times the wage of the average worker and instead put that money into improving the overall flying experience. I'm aware many airlines' bread and butter are the business travellers but that is the status quo way of business. If it worked flawlessly then the airlines wouldn't now be asking for a bailout. There isn't enough money in the world to pay bailouts for every business that thinks they need it. My last plane ride was when I took a guy back to Romania when I was still working. Flew Lot Polish and Lufthansa both of which were great particularly Lufthansa. I know I'll fly again but it will not be an American carrier except maybe Southwest which is very consistent and can get me to a big airport to continue onto a foreign destination. My message to the public is simple: drive when you can or maybe take a train or bus and let these whining airlines sweat for their arrogance. A properly capitalised business with a moral compass does not need bailouts. That's my take. HappyinHeels