Yamyam

excuse much, anal or something? Worrying about whether virtually transparent labels are on the outside on the instep or arch of the shoe...Give me strength

Bah! Virtually transparent labels, I'm happy with, especially if they have that 'squashed gerbil' symbol on. We're talking about the huge, 1 inch square labels they put on shoes here, which shout <font size="+6">yuk!</font> at you with every single step!

Well, Squirrelheels, the summer slacks idea is a good one. Of course, you could always rely on the fact that everyone will be used to your shoes by the summer (3rd week of June, if I remember correctly - drat this country) and just go for it! And I saw a car sticker the other week which said 'I dress this way to p155 you off' - oh, was I tempted to get that

Trouble is Jo there are so many nice ones in there you can go mad and I have an account too which doesn't help. I will take some pics soon to show you but try and get hold of a catalogue in the meantime you'll love it.

Or they're on-line at http://www.argosadditions.com/, where you can surf. As I said somewhere else, tho', the system is completely hopeless at suggesting alternatives

My local S&S is generally not that exciting, but still quite friendly. But there's a branch of Faith opening in Merry Hill, opposite the bank! Darn my rotten luck to heck!

I seem to remember someone male doing a whole comedy routine around the basic idea that if he had a pair of breasts of his own he'd never leave the house again Made me laugh - until I realised that I'd be the same

I also quite like those ankle strap sandals and closed-toe styles. But I haven't found a pair with a high enough heel in a UK8. Darn. Also, I'm not sure if I'd take them outside, and I'd quite like to stop buying shoes that I only wear indoors.

Good advice.

Start with what you are confident with and move towards more elegant styles. The most important thing is to walk with confidence in what you are wearing.

I was told when doing presentations that the most important thing is not falling over. You can always fake the confidence, but pretending that you meant to fall over might be tricky

Boobies (more small birds)

Jaguar

Sadly I dislike JLo to a degree that I can't reallt appreciate her heels...

Hmmm, don't think I could dislike *anyone* that much, Trolldeg

Indeed, I hope all goes well, and I'll be waiting to hear when you're back around.

I've seen many girls and women struggling with push-chairs and heels. I have been known to go and help, purely out of sympathy, mind. Also, I've seen one woman bravely pushing a wheelchair in her heels, and making a pretty good job of it. I was impressed. Otherwise, it's just the usual running across an open space in the rain, which is also quite sexy.

Hello cync67! Welcome to our little corner of the web... slightly taller than the rest of it, too. Lucky you on finding someone who shares your enthusiasm! Hope you have a good time here, and I'm looking forward to hearing more from you.

And let me be the second person to wish you a :bday: . 32 is such a good age, not that you look it. I'm due to stop being 32 soon - I plan to celebrate with a night or two out drinking, in my heels, of course!

closed shoe shop

Very nice, Laurie. That's the sort of thing I'd like to wear to work, but there's no chance of that at all, until I get a better job. Still, there's time yet.

It's one of those things that allows me to be ever-so-superior for about one second before I remember that I'm working in my one and only language, while you're working in your second. I'm sure I'd do a lot worse trying to post in Swedish

I don't think that a shoe stuck in a field would grow into anything, so it would be senseless to lose one.

But Laurie - where do shoe trees come from then?

[Couldn't resist ]

Oh, and speaking of comedy, does anyone watch Father Ted? I have BBC America here in California, and we get all sorts of British shows. I've been waiting to see the new Fater ted season, yet all we get is repeats of old shows.

Sadly, the chap who plays Father Ted died not long ago, quite suddenly. So the repeats are all we get.

I was never that into it when it was on, but I discovered it not long ago. All together now: "These are small, and those are far away!"

I think that they're quite nice, just not me. But you go, Calv!

Hummers are nice, but I doubt I'll ever have one at European petrol prices At the moment I'm enjoying about a million smiles per gallon in my M325i... Next up, I want the soft-top version. And when my little one is big enough, we're going off-roading! I'll get either a Toyota Hilux pickup or a LandRover 101FC, with the turbo-diesel conversion. Woo-hoo! Actually, my favest car before that was a Lada Niva 4x4. It was built like a tank, so it was slow as moo, but it was absolutely untouchable off-road. I put up with four months of urine extraction over it, then I towed a friend six miles home with it. He never said a word after that, oddly!

One more thing do Brantano do many styles of boot in sz10 or just a very small selection?

You could always go look

But they have a quite reasonable selection in that kind of size. Alternatively, there's Evans, but they're a clothes shop with shoes, rather than a shoe shop. They cater for more cuddly women, hence the larger sizes in nice shoes. They're on most high streets, too.

To Brantano! And I bet there really isn't going to be a style called 'Yamyam', and while I have another nickname, I wouldn't want to cause offence by revealing it.

Not me. I sometimes wear basic black knee-highs under boots, because I don't like the feeling of boots on bare feet. Otherwise I wear normal socks. I don't ever go out with hose showing, so it doesn't matter to me. Plus, I think with two layers of tights plus trousers, I wouldn't be able to bend my legs, and I'd just fall over. Without doing any :drinking:

Faith factory outlet store? Pinch me, I'm dreaming, surely to goodness! I'm up for this one, best time for me is a Sunday in March. Oh, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (gasp) eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!