You know, I do still like these shoes.
I always did - I bought them in shoe mecca, Singapore, on, I think, my first trip there. They were really well-priced - and a quite common style in Singapore at the time - very pointy toes which are slightly turned up at the end.
But the mistake I made with them was not so much the decision to buy them. Can you see what the problem is?
I was walking to the bus stop to get to work, and the heel tip fell off the left shoe - and in my defence, I didn't have another pair of shoes with me, but I really should have walked home and changed shoes. When I got into the city, I immediately went to the shoe repair man and had the heel fixed - but my mistake was not giving the guy the other shoe - so when he put a new heel tip on, not only is it a different colour to the original, but whole heel is slightly shorter - the heel itself had rubbed down a bit as I was walking in them.
So I don't wear these too much any more, I always feel just a little bit lopsided. So the lessons are:
-don't keep wearing shoes when the heel tip falls off!
-and if you have to, then make sure you leave the other shoe there to match the heel height!!
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Oh, that is pretty funny! But it's not too visible - I mean, other than your limping along - I bet no one notices the shoe difference!
you know, I don't think I would have noticed. But not being the afficianado that you are, I don't see what you see!
I like 'em though. Quite a bit.
ps you can tell I was sick today. I totally forgot to hound you about shoesday and the lack of a post.
cute shoes..I bet nobody notices.. unless of course you're walking like one foot's on the curb?.. although.. long-term (all day) walking. might give you one heck of a backache.
They are great shoes! And no one is going to notice the different heel tip unless they lie on the bitumen.
You could try hopping on your left shoe for a day to even them up!
Probably no one can see the difference, but I understand about having a ding in something you really liked.
Gosh - do people just think you've been drinking (that little list to starboard?) - I'm sure no-one but you notices!
Oh I like...alot!! And I had to look very hard to see they were different.
They're lovely though, and I couldn't spot the difference either until you pointed it out!
Oh you wear pointy toed shoes so well, I look ridiculous in them, but these are stunning. I would never have noticed the heels until you pointed it out.
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