Average Jane’s Aching Feet

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Yesterday was a day-long reminder of why I ordinarily make no attempt to be fashionable. I wore a suit with my cutest shoes: pointy-toed slingbacks with a heel. Oh, the discomfort!

Suddenly, the walks I take for granted every day became miserable endurance challenges. The two-block, uphill walk from my parking lot to the office and our lunchtime jaunt to the restaurant "just down the street" were excrutiating. By the time I picked my way back down to the parking lot after work, I was losing my will to live.

I can’t imagine how some of my co-workers can wear high-fashion shoes every day and survive. I felt like the weak member of the herd, ready to be picked off by predators at any time.

Today I’m back to my plain, old Keds and jeans. Let’s hope I’ve learned a lesson that’ll stick with me for a while.

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5 responses to “Average Jane’s Aching Feet”

March 16, 2006

Joy

I don’t know how some people do it either Jane. I learned a long time ago…comfort before fashion. After your feet have been in that kind of pain, you learn that lesson quickly.

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March 16, 2006

cagey

I feel the same way when ever I see 6 ft gazelles (aka MODELS) gracefully striding in heels.
Remember us hobbling around Vegas in our fashionably cute shoes? Do we ever learn?

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March 16, 2006

Pharmgirl

I like to have SOME heel on my shoes, but it always blows me away to see women at the mall or just out running around in spikes! I would be dragging myself around by my arms after 20 minutes! Aaaaaaaaaaaah!

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March 17, 2006

annie

I love to wear very high heels as an every day thing. The trick with pointy shoes is to buy them a half-size bigger so your toes don’t get pinched in the point. Wearing heels as an every day thing is something you have to work your way up to- like a marathon. It pays to carry a pair of flat backup shoes until you are at competition level.

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March 23, 2006

Daisy

I rarely wear heels either but have to confess that I will occasionally put up with the pain and indignity because dammit, they make your feet and ankles look so elegant!

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