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Monday, May 14, 2007
20:22 Craigslist Connection I posted a notice on Craigslist offering free high heels to anyone who was interested and got the following response from a woman named Kristen who is obviously a lover of heels. This is the exact e-mail correspondence that we've had to date and we still haven't gone shoe shopping together. (Note: I reversed the the correspondence so it would read from the earliest to the lastest). --- Kristen wrote: Me! I love heels, though I am partial to certain styles. What size are they and why are you getting rid of them? Oh...sorry, I got a little excited there. I am writing about the ad on craigslist. Can you give me any details? Thanks, Kristen Terry wrote: Hey Kristen, Thanks for the response. That's OK, I get pretty excited about heels too. If you have pretty feet and love shoes, then this is an offer you can't refuse. It is very simple. We will go shopping together for a pair of high heels that you can keep. You're probably asking....what's the catch? There is no catch. The only specifics would be that you wear a size 7 or smaller, I get to pick the store and I get to pick the shoes. You keep the shoes. This offer comes from a guy who likes to see a woman in sexy feminine shoes. Interested? Terry Kristen wrote: Hi Terry, Thats a very attractive offer, however, i would not meet the criteria as i wear anywhere from a 9 to a 10 depending on the maker, probably the reason i wear heels every day, if i didn't my feet would look much too large for me, lol. I wish you luck though, it doesn't seem that there are very many women willing to endure a little discomfort for a nice looking shoe these days. I personally wouldn't be caught dead in flats, and there is much talk about it where i work, hehe. Anyway, thanks for writing back. Kristen Terry wrote: Hey Kristen, What a nice reply. I really admire a woman who is illing to endure a bit of discomfort and wear shoes that are attractive. I bet you do keep the office buzzing with your footwear. I'm curious as to how high of a heel you can endure. Is there a difference in heel height between your everyday heels and heels you like to draw attention to? Best, Terry --- Kristen wrote: Hello again Terry, I think most people would rather see a woman in heels than flats or sneakers, even other women. There is one other woman here where I work that regularly wears heels and dresses nice and we often admire each others shoes. She isn’t quite as dedicated to constant wear, but has quite a collection and pretty good taste. I am still re-building my collection. I had 2 children and much to my dismay, my shoes size increased with each child. I had a collection of vintage stilettos from the 50’s that I had to part with because not a single pair out of 158 pairs fit me. My late husband preferred me in heels so he indulged my “habit”, lol. I think now that I have started to finally get rid of the “baby-fat” (nearly 10 years later…bad, I know…but better late than never right?) my shoe size seems to be decreasing somewhat, so I am happy for that. I have a pretty well defined idea of what kind of shoe I like and that I think others like to see me in. I do not wear anything under 4 inches. The highest heel I wear to work is 5 ¼ inches (and the girls in the lab all whisper...look at her shoes. Apparently they think I can’t hear, lol. Or maybe they think they will embarrass me by being audible, who knows…). I can walk in a 6-inch heel, but not with any kind of agility. In 5 inch heels I can still maneuver quite well. I get asked at least once a week “how can you wear those all day?” and to tell the truth, I have been wearing nothing but heels for so long that when I actually put on the one pair of flats I have (which are sneakers) to go out for my walks, I get shin splints and it is incredibly painful. I went to London last summer and went to Portobello Market, Camden Market and all of the spots people go to visit and spent the entire trip in 5-inch heels. I also recently went to the Acoma Pueblo for the tour and they all looked at me like I’d lost my mind when I showed up in 4 inch heels (my sensible shoes, lol). I have one pair of 6 ¾ inch heels (I got them from a company called 6-Inch Heels Forever) and I am able to take a few steps in them, but have not mastered walking in them. I think that I will need to practice in boots until I become a little more skilled at it because the pumps are very strappy and don’t offer any kind of ankle support so I am quite wobbly. I do have a pair of ballet boots (I assume you know what they are if you love heels, but if not HTTP://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_boot) that are bout 7 ½ inches and I can only just barely stand in them. My goal is to be able to walk in them. There is a video on You Tube of a woman named Lacie in Germany going shopping about town in ballet boots. Its worth a look if you like heels. In any case, I am no stranger to enduring a little iscomfort for beauty. I am a 23/7 tightlacer (meaning that I wear corsets at least 23 hours a day 7 days a week in gradually smaller and tighter sizes to modify the shape of my body and the size of my waist) so I guess you could say that discomfort is all relative to me. Wow…I certainly did here, a small novel! Well this is what happens when someone goes and asks me about something I am passionate about, lol. I am a well known shoe addict around here…I even have a daily shoe calendar at my desk. Everyone comes by to see the shoe of the day…and my shoe of the day, hehe. At least I work with very nice people; they humor my eccentricities. Ok, I will stop writing now so that you might have something left of your evening by the time you get through reading my epic email, lol. Nice to talk to someone who has an appreciation for beautiful things, Kristen (I replied to her, but can't find that e-mail...then she didn't respond, so I tried again) Terry Wrote: Kristen, I was hoping to hear from you again. I certainly had no intention of scaring you away. Best, Terry Kristen wrote" Terry, Oh no, you haven't scared me away, i've not been feeling quite up to par the last few days and have been sort of taking it easy. i twisted my knee and it has made it swell up a bit which makes heel wear even more of a challenge. People, especially my family think i have lost my mind because i refuse to wear anything else, but i just cant. i cant go out in public wearing sneakers or something like that, it just looks so ugly and unfeminine. But they have learned to humor me, lol. My mother actually is less concerned about corsets than heels which surprises me. i guess she doesnt know a lot about the longterm effects. After over 2 years of tightlacing 23/7 i cant be out of my corset for very long as it is really painful. it has caused some of the muscles in the back to atrophy making it a necessity to wear one now. But i already knew that would happen, its part of the process. I still have a long way to go, i plan on getting below 20 inches someday. That will take another 5 to 7 years, but it will happen because i want it that much. Anyway, i had wanted to respond to your last email when i had a little more time and energy to write. i actually just got online now with the sole purpose of sending you an email to let you know i am still here. In any case, now you know that i am, i shall write more tomorrow if not tonight. Talk to you soon, Kristen Comments No comments received yet Post Your Comment You have got to be logged in to post a comment! |