Shoes

I've never been much into shoes. I think this was mostly down to the fact I had very small feet for most of my teens and this made buying fashionable shoes difficult. Not being able to participate is a great way to avoid shoe addiction.

I have owned two pairs of high heels in my life that I have actually enjoyed. Both have been supportive boots with relatively small thick heels which were actually comfortable.

The rest I bought and suffered through because of heightism.

I bought into the myth that I wasn't tall enough and to look attractive on nights out or for work I wore painfully uncomfortable heels.

If you have never been in the position of having to wear heels you won't understand just how restrictive they really are.

Firstly anyone who says they can walk in them without pain is probably fibbing. Most of the women I know have horribly mishapen feet now as a result of wearing heels and throb along through their days using blister pads and foot baths.

Not only did the discomfort spoil my days it also stopped me going places. There were many times I just couldn't face walking somewhere because of the pain so I went home to my comfy carpeted home instead.

It took one night out however to get me to swear off heels for life.

I was walking through town on a night out when I found myself walking behind a group of women in their mid 30s on a night out. One women who was on the shorter spectrum, was wearing these ridiculous high heels that she could not walk in. She looked like a sheep trying to walk on two stilts.

I paused for a moment and on the spot thought 'fuck this'. I am never going to willingly let myself look as undignified as that, just because people think I'm 'too short'. Nobody is worth the pain.

Now I wear lovely comfortable flat shoes and am as short as I was meant to be and I have never looked back.


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