Chick Stuff - The Rationalization Edition

Tuesday, August 14, 2012
One of my distractions when I was in Virginia last week was perusing the "on sale" section of the Fluevog website to ensure there was nothing there I couldn't live without. Which should probably fall under the heading of bad idea, since I'm SUPPOSED to be under a shoe, handbag and jewelry moratorium until I can get a few bills paid.

Silly human.

Here are my new Fluevogs, which I bought because I needed some black shoes that I could wear all day for several days in a row since my business trips tend to be longer these days. Shoes that didn't come from the Juniors section, I mean.*

OMGWTFBBQ. SO COMFY. With or without hose. And funky! Also: Almost 50% off! Go, me!

However, I felt guilty about buying them, so I've decided to finally admit the truth and declare that I cannot wear these fabulous 'vogs:

I've had them for almost two years, and I've worn them once. The issue is that I can no longer wear shoes where the lift is higher than three inches from ball to heel. So While I have some 4" heels in my shoe stable (hello, Michael Kors!), they also have a 1" platform to offset the lift. These, alas, do not, which means I end up with foot cramps and other discomforts. So I'm biting the bullet and selling them on eBay. If they sell, they'll pay for the new ones, and I figure I'll come out even. Which, I have to admit, gets around the moratorium nicely.

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*Yes, I do realize that my shoe fetish is a bit snobbish. I'm okay with that.

8 comments:

Carol Elaine said...

Unfortunately I've almost completely stopped wearing heels because my back dost protest too much. I still have a bunch of shoes I love in my closet because I'm loathe to get rid of them. I should probably rethink that. :(

The Mechanicky Gal said...

I just bought a new pair of Dansko - which means that the slightly "older" ones will go on eBay also.
NEW DANSKO'S!

Matt said...

Just in the interest of equal time, can you post some subject matter about blowing stuff up, or perhaps perhaps some sexy, sexy pics of women? Just sayin'

Janiece said...

Matt, you can always go watch "Stars Earn Stripes," you know. That should be manly enough for you.

Hehe.

Anne C. said...

You are damnably clever, woman.

One of the nice things about your expensive shoes is that they actually do retain their value in a way that shoes purchased from Payless do not. So they become assets rather than expenses.

Janiece said...

I wore these today, and again - COMFY.

Phiala said...

I'm still debating those boots.

Janiece said...

Speaking purely as a shoe enabler, I think you should buy them, Phiala.