Danielinheels

I think that having someone along with you, who knows and doesn't waste time talking about it, is a major plus. People see that interaction (or lack thereof) and play off of it (or don't, as it was in your case). It's like my friends and I... there aren't many occasions where we aren't telling a joke, and on several instances unknown passersby would chuckle or chime in. I once spent an evening out with my best friend (a female) wearing my mary-janes and opaque kneehighs; nobody said a word about it because we didn't.

I only like to see them once it gets warm outside and people start wearing dark colors less.

I hate it as well when ebay seller's state that these shoes would suit CD etc. I would of thought that any large size woman,s shoes would be suitable for a men wanting a pair of woman's shoes.

Or any pair of shoes, for that matter.

Jeered at by males and verbally assaulted by a female. The jeering happens more frequently (though the VA hurts more), so I voted for the jeering.

Ebay high heel shoe descriptions stating they would be perfect for a crossdresser, drag quenn or transvestite!

right. I saw a pair of size 9s advertised like that once. I was like, "Seriously?"

and I can imagine how the women who truly just have a large foot must feel.

I made a thread about these events.

http://www.hhplace.org/discuss/everybody/7658-walk_mile_her_shoes.html

I wear heels because I like wearing them.

I am heterosexual.

Nice to read you had a successful outing, SQ! I'm still waiting on my chance to trek out to the one store here that carries my size, which is only 5 miles away but requires crossing the Mississippi (I'm currently carless and the bus system isn't great).

LOL! I always keep a pair of driving flats nearby, or at worst a pair of... flip-flops. Hey, they're easy to stash away.

I've always been a fan of that style of shoe... bravo

Progress is being made "one step at a time", sorry for the pun.

Understood, and their wedge heels stop at size 12 if I really wanted to attempt frivolity. The original crocs run huge and I'd expect those to be at least somewhat forgiving.

And then there's this guy:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-04-16-mich-crash_N.htm

think I can join in on this one

Best of luck to you on your move.

Thanks. I'm more-or-less settled in, now.

too much, why calculate it? lol

Thanks, folks. Here are pictures of the shoes in question

http://www.payless.com/Images/beauty/042420_beauty.gif

That's just one pair. Tomorrow I will (should) take pics of the other pair.

One thing that Crocs is doing very subtly is getting people used to the idea of unisex shoes.

So why do the heels from them I just posted stop at size 10? lol

I have no words....

http://shop.crocs.com/pc-1174-4-cyprus.aspx?reqid=1174&reqProdTypeId=41p&subsectionname=footwear&section=products

Hey everyone, as y'all may have noticed I'm back and more active. The house is nearly complete! It's livable now, and just Sunday I was able to set up an internet connection on my laptop. The craziest part of returning is that I found both pairs of shoes I'd lost, that I bought while living in Atlanta after the storm. Now if that ain't symbolic, I don't know what is! Glad to be really back!

They were taken in a mirror that I've since dusted and cleaned... I may even take more photos tonight, given those pretenses. The way my room is set up, there's not really any way to do auto-timed pics anywhere.

I had a light-hearted moment with my mom about a week or so ago... She asked me to grab a pair of shoes for her out of the trailer still on our property. Told me where they were (in a fairly high cabinet, out of plain view, etc) so I went and got them. I handed them to her, dropped my chin, and said, "No need to hide these, they aren't my style anyway." Which led her to ask me about my style, so I explained to her how I don't really care much for radical-style shoes that would see little daylight. Then she asked me if I had any size 12s, so I grabbed my stretch boots and put them on. She said the wedge heel (all of 2", tops) was too high, so I joked back "Ha! More for me then!" I was expecting her to rip my head off. Not quite a 180 (just two months prior, she snooped thru my never-to-that-point-password-protected computer and found some photos of me in various stages of cross dress/under dress and absolutely flipped) but since then, we've talked about it once or twice and my explanation has remained consistent.

It used to be that I bought whatever caught my eye. I'd pick up a heeled sandal, or something with an effeminate adornment on it (not always removable), anything. Now, about the craziest thing I'd do would be a patent pump or a d'orsay heel. Though I did have some gorgeous red flats that I, sadly, had to get rid of when I found myself downsizing and getting ready to move to a new city...

You should wear the shoes you bought... not only will it jog her memory, but if she's not there the clerk on duty will at least see you're serious about shopping for heels, assuming they've not seen you before. On more than one occasion for me, the sales clerk of a particular store would not even realize that I was wearing their own product. I usually get a kick (pun intended) out of showing them the bottom of a shoe or the insole, thus revealing their own brand.

I'll contribute more to this thread later, but those are my current favorites. I don't have much to pick from since reformatting.