High heels

[ailbhe]

Linnea got a pair of Disney Toys'R'Us plastic dress-up high heeled sandals for Christmas, from a friend of hers. She opened the parcel today.

The soles are a couple of inches longer and a couple of centimetres narrower than her actual feet; she says they ARE TOO wide enough for her feet except maybe for that little toe. She had the sense to ask Rob to help her downstairs by holding both her hand as she stepped very carefully.

When she took them off - they really did slow her down - all her toes were very red and her instep was pinched white where the band of the shoe was.

I think I don't need to confiscate them; I think they will be their own lesson.

But really - they are several sizes too big, and still too narrow.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Obviously purchased from the Elven Store. Sheesh.

[mrs-warwick.livejournal.com]

In the last 18 months or so, Rhiannon's feet have narrowed (from wider than H to G at Clark's). This means that she can now wear those plastic shoes. Thankfully the novelty has worn off.

I have never been a fan of Cinderella...

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

Mine have some similar & wear them downstairs (not allowed to wear them outside or on the stairs) Kate has grown past wanting to wear them now, but Holly still thinks they're fab. I don't mind, she'll grow out of liking them soon enough. Mine both have narrow feet, so they've never had squashed feet from them.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

You are a much less controlling parent than I would be; I think I would have burned them in the night.

[ailbhe]

It worked so well for the Capulets, after all.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

This is why you are a patient and wise mother and I am, er, not...

(Though I think I am missing the reference - do you mean some part of Romeo and Juliet I have forgotten, or is there a more recent thing with Capulets in it that I haven't heard of?)

[ailbhe]

The allure of the forbidden, is all.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Ah, got it. Thanks.

[merryhouse.livejournal.com]

gah.

I used to think it was my fault that I could never walk properly in heels. Then I got rich enough to buy some Expensive strappy sandals in size EEE (presumably named after the noise people make upon seeing these great galumphy things) and realised that I was perfectly capable of being a Proper Woman after all.