My New Stilettos!

As long as I've been wearing heels, which has been about five years now, I've lived comfortably in the 3-4 inch heel height neighborhood.  I've mastered walking, and even running in my heels and have become quite confident wearing them.  And then, whilst shopping the sale at DSW, I stumbled upon a pair of honest to goodness stilettos.  Adorable.  Ankle strap peep toes that I fell in love with as soon as I laid eyes on them.  And I've been wanting a new pair of ankle strap pumps since my old ones finally gave out.  The 4 1/2 inch heels didn't bother me, although I knew I was graduating to a whole knew level of high heels by buying them!  But resist I could not.  The highest heels I currently own are 3 1/2 inches in height so it was a bit of a surprise when I first stepped into these amazon shoes!  I was suddenly tall, and the feel of these spike heels was a little...wobbly at first!  I'm talking true to life stilettos, so anyone who wears these understands that they take some getting used to.  But I loved them on my feet as much as I loved them in the store and this morning I made breakfast in my new heels.  I would have probably looked like a maniac to anyone who might have dropped in, walking around in boxers and a tank top and these crazy high heels, making my morning toast and tea.  But I didn't want to take them off!  I loved being eye level with the microwave as I heated up water, and I could actually see the top of the fridge (which very much needs cleaning, as I discovered).  Being tall made me feel extra confident despite the bedhead and the fact that I hadn't even gotten around to washing my face yet.  And I realized I was standing up straighter than normal even though it was early in the morning (for me, anyway).  Definitely worth every penny, and more.  Being a dancer I avoid heels too overly often and finally made myself take them off to save my arches.  But I'm already conspiring when I can come up with an excuse to wear them again, even if it's to make dinner in Saturday night.  And as a bonus, the killer spike heels make me feel like I'm walking in built in daggers- I just read in May's Cosmo how women have been turning to their heels as self defense against attackers.  Another reason I love these.

Another new element in my new babies is the peep toe feature.  New for me, that is.  I steer far clear of anything open toe, flip flops, forget it.  Maybe it's the clean freak in me but I've heard the stories about more bacteria being found in flip flops than in public restrooms or something crazy like that, and all I gotta say is no thanks!  And I guess I am a little self conscious about my feet, modest even because something about having your feet hanging out for the world to see feels a little too personal to me.  But again, everything about these heels were too irresistible for me to pass up and I couldn't let a little peep toe stop me from grabbing them up before they were gone.  And I have to say I'm liking it!  Just enough open toe to be sassy (like me ;P) and I'm not too terribly worried about getting dirty or flaunting too much skin!  I doubt I'd be wearing these anywhere overly dirty anyway (not like I'm going to wear them to the grocery store or to fill up my gas tank).  So I'm now warming up to the peep toe concept now that I own these. 

So for a deeply discounted price, these were well worth it!  An extra 4 1/2 inches gives me a lot more than just extra height.  I'm so excited to wear these and love the way I feel in them.  Funny how happy a pair of shoes can make someone.  In fact, in the few days I've owned these they've made me much happier than my last boyfriend did in nine months ;D  So my latest pair of heels, my first stilettos, have already earned their keep.  Love em!