[lucizoe]

I'm too poor for my shoe-lust. Plus, you know, my enormous high-arched hobbit feet don't take well to cute shoes. Which blows innumerable goats, since my fashion sense - like my spidey sense - is keen and tingling.

I was shopping for new sneakers today. I've been living in birkenstocks for weeks now and I can't take it anymore. Too much walking. However, as usual, the little purple saucony sneakers I wanted do not exist in my size. Or the equivalent man-size. In fact, I couldn't get one.damn.pair in a men's 9. Is that weird or what? Does this store merely service the hipster nymphs and pixies of NYU? Like I'm not feeling out of place enough, apparently I need to find the big fat foot store. I just need to find the bag to put over my head...*rummages in boxes*

*sigh* Okay, rant over.

I love browsing zappos.com...I'm so loathe to buy anything, though. My experience has been that nothing ever fits my feet comfortably. I don't think I've ever owned a consistently cozy pair of shoes in my life. So, while, yes, those heels are a 10.5 wide and awful cute, they probably still won't fit.

Blah - I'm sorry this is so negative! I'm a bit depressed! Yay shoes! If you have small feet and can wear the cute ones, wear them and be fierce!!!

[mornington]

It's the platform that tends to get me into trouble, oddly. My highest heels are 4", but I find anything that's over an inch has to be closed-heel, otherwise I can't get it to stay on my foot. I do heart my stiletto heels though - I have two pairs, pointy-toed and they scream secretary slut... in a shiny, italian-leather way.

luci... my mother taught me to walk in heels when I was a bridesmaid, and I wore a heel of some sort every day for three years. I find the trick is to start small, and work upwards... kitten heels to start... and then whomp, you're running down the street in 3.5 inch spikes (I think it runs in the family... my nana could run on cobbles in four inch stilettos). And strong calf muscles will help!