maninpumps

Great to see ya back , I love the new Avatar !!! 

With spring just around the corner and new heels on my mind I decided to take a chance on ebay and see what they had to offer . Looks like I hit the wedge lotto ! Espadrilles have always been a "shoe in" for a future purchase for me and these have a small platform and just the right height with denim style uppers . BTW the auction was won for $11.50 USD plus shipping and they fit good . With no further adieu , I submit my latest purchase . 

HMMMM , old heels . Yep and they are old by today's standards . I looked in my heel stash and found some dating back to the early 1990's . I wore a size 13 wide back then and weighed in at 430 pounds . I remember ordering those shoes from Sexy Shoes , Rogers City , Michigan . That was about the only place you could get heels for fluffy guys back then . I even found some old Payless heels from the days of the yellow and grey boxes . I will try to get some pictures up soon .  

Springolator , I just sent you a pm .

I have a book , "Beth Levine shoes" by Helene Verin . This book makes reference to the "Spring-O-lator" or "Magnet" mules of the 1950s and states they appeared in Glamour magazine in April of 1953 . They are highly collectible . Some other designers like Stella McCartney and Maschino used them in sandals . I have never found proof of the Spring-o-lator in sandals or even seen one . 

 Pleaser does offer a spring-o-lator mule  . Not exactly my cup of tea . I would love to find a pair like you have posted , just to say I have a pair . I hope this helps and have a great day . 

I have ordered a few pair from Shoe Show on line and purchased in store they are around the lines of Payless , just a better selection . They do have a great selection of larger sizes .

  I really like the 1 of 5 pair of peep toe pumps . They put me in mind of my pair of Nine West "Vadims" .

Not sure how you all feel about Pleaser Kiss 209's but I ended up giving mine to Thighbootguy . They just never seemed to fit right . The Pleaser styles put me in mind of exotic dancers and evening companionship , if you get my drift . To the individuals who like them go for it because they do look right on some ........ just not me . LOL ! Great Day Everyone !

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are come and gone . Did you get the wedges ?

Going to bed in heels ? Never intentionally , passed out in them a few times ..... HAHAHA !!! 

jeremy1986 , wish I saw this post sooner . The wedges would have been my vote . They look awesome ! I  think it goes without saying my opinion of boots . Next time please go with the wedges my friend . 

Oh , get the wedges soon !!!

Growing up around older sister's and curiosity as to why they liked to wear heels . I had always liked how graceful the women looked in heels . I tried on a pair of my sister's and felt right wearing them . I used to get excited just wearing them and as I get older it's more lifestyle than anything . TXguy , Why do you need to rationalize why you wear heels ?  HappyinHeels has hit the nail on the head . 

Best of luck , MIP 

I feel the first question should be :What type of job are you seeking ? Then the footwear should be dress or casual on the conservative side , for most average employment . Then we have Americans spouting off about gender equality , this is simply not true . 

 For instance there is an opening at Cheat You Right Bank . Both a man and woman have an interview for a teller job . The man would be wise to show up business casual ( Sperry Boat shoe ) . Then the woman shows up in a pair of trousers and 2 inch pumps . The reality is if the guy shows up in the 2 inch pumps he will be struck from the prospective employment list at first sight . Simply because he is wearing heels and could "rock the boat" .  Hope everyone has a great day .

Over5 , Great looking wedges ! 

Cali, I really like your wedges ,great look !

Nice looking ship and the pumps are not bad either . Being a model builder myself , I have never seen a "crisp" paper model built and I must say I bet that takes a lot of practice to get one that nice . I build in "Gods Scale " 1/72nd . I do mostly WWII soft cabs to submarines . Seeing another brother in heels model building is most refreshing . I really enjoyed you post . Thank's for sharing ! Just out of curiosity what other ships have you built and what else do you build if any?

Pumped is spot on with his advice  . You have a full life ahead of you , make the best of it and move on  .Things change and you should always keep this in mind as life moves forward .  Moving forward can seem very hard at times and life is always full of forward steps otherwise we would be walking backwards . I would just get me another pair of heels (or two) . People that drag you down don't need to be in your life .  

Best of luck , MIP

You may also check the store and ask them if they can do a lot locator or order you another pair from the distribution center . I have had them do that in the past and gotten them within a week or so . 

Please give some more info . We need to ask if you are going with another person or if you are trying to be scary or what . Since you asked the question in this group I can only think you are wanting to wear heels with your costume . There is always the sexy vampire ( Elvira ) look or bride of Frankenstein . Then as Heelster stated Rockey Horror can never go wrong with that .  

Great to hear some people's jobs were saved !

I really like the upper detail on these . I bet they are comfortable . The "T" strap styles are always a good choice . I have the same issues with my wife sometimes , so don't feel like she is upset with you , she just may hate the color of shoe for that day . My wife hates certain colors on me ......like yellow . I would love to find some yellow wedges . 

It's my prayer you all have desks with front covers on them . You would have to look out for someone looking up your skirt , this could cause a sexual harassment issue . Congratulations !!! OSH has out done the United States OSHA Laws , just out of curiosity at what point does common sense play into work place safety ? Kinda like wearing a hard hat in a steel mill and having a 10,000 pound roll off steel fall on your head , not really going to do much for ya . However you can plan on some OSHA geek checking to see if you were wearing your hard hat at time of death . HAHAHA ! Sorry I find this rather funny and I would rather take my chances with a pair of heels . 

My Keds , that way I can out run you all and I can go play in the empty shoe stores when you are gone !!!! HAHAHAHA !!

Jeff nice sandals .

This may be inappropriate to TBG original post on this thread , been tossing it around as to share it or not . So here goes . Back in March at the Mid America Trucking Show my wife and I were checking out the new advances in the trucking industry . There seemed to be one lady that just kept showing up at or near every display we were in . This woman that was showing up around my wife and I was wearing black wedges like some I posted in another thread about wedges . My wife kept saying she must have been shopping in our closet and we would chuckle and go on . Finally we bumped into each other and my wife told her she had great taste in shoes and her outfit went well with her shoes . She proceeded to tell my wife all about them and my wife informed her I had a pair just like them . The expression on her face was priceless . She smiled and asked me how I liked mine . I told her what my take was on them and she agreed . She said walking on the display carpets were a little odd but overall walking on the concrete areas were not bad . I told her I had worn mine out a few times and hers looked really good on her . She was asking all kinds of questions about wearing wedges .(I even shared some shoe care tips with her) When it came time for up to move on she simply said how cool it was to go to a truck show and have a guy talk to her about wedge pumps .  I would have to say that would by far be the best truck show I ever went to .