A girl must own a few shoes, you say?

I know a few women who own, at best, maybe 4 pairs of shoes. Doesn't that sound odd given the hyper media stories surrounding women and their hundreds of pairs? Perhaps, yet these women are more practical than the Ancient Stoics. Men… a couple of pair … sure that sounds right enough. Women – it evokes a sense of wonderment.

Yet there is a reason. They are not fashionable. They have – excuse the pun – pedestrian jobs that require maximum standing time and two of their shoes are always a pair of sneakers and or … shiver…. Crocs.

So why do I mention this? Because an unusual affliction besets a women who purchases their first significant high heeled shoe. And affliction which causes anguish and desire.

You can’t just have one pair.

Perhaps not even 10 pairs… you start to crave all the high heeled shoes and boots you can get your little mittens on. It can be addictive. Intoxicating trying on that latest design. Taking the first steps.

I’m getting the vapours.

Okay, so when it comes to shoes and closets and – ahem – sometimes rooms, you have to cut women a little slack. Maybe a lot of slack – it depends.

And if you are so afflicted with the allure of high heels – enjoy!

Heelfully Yours

Gillian