There is no going back now. I have had enough and I am not going to take it any more! Extreme situations call for extreme action. I am a no nonsense kind of girl - a jeans and flip-flops kind of girl. I like my hair to be cut in the most easily styled way possible, I choose my makeup to ensure it only takes about 3 minutes to apply (in total), I don't like pantyhose or bras - though one of the two is sadly unavoidable in most situations, and my work wardrobe includes at least 10 pairs of black pants because it just makes life easy (I only really have to pick out a shirt to wear each day and almost everything matches with black!) All this being said, there has been one lingering "pain in my neck"... one bane of my existence remaining.
High heels. I hate high heels. I am not one of those people that see a cute strappy pair of 3" heels and say, "Oooh, I want them!" Because I know. I know immediately the pain that is built in to a pair of cute strappy heels and it is SOOOOO not worth it. Clearly I am not the kind of person that is willing to suffer for my beauty. Up until recently I felt the pressure to wear high heels despite my hate because that is what you do in the kind of professional environment that I work in. Over the past few years those heels have gotten shorter and shorter and what I have realized is that even low 1" to 1 1/2" heels hurt my feet.
I think the turning point was when my Aunt Lynn had to have surgery on one of her feet recently because she has always worn heels to work... and one of my feet was starting to develop the same issue as hers. So, I began a test. I went out and bought 2 pairs of flats for work. It was kind of weird at first. Isn't it odd how something as minor as your shoes can make you feel different about your "professional" appearance? I got used to it though and the best thing is that my feet don't hurt anymore. It is awesome!
So, it has been time for the final step... and I took it this week. I packed up all of my work pants and went to the mall to have them altered so that now I can only wear flats. As I said at the beginning, there is no going back now. I have taken a stand (ha, ha... pun intended!). I feel like such a rebel.
1 comment:
You need a pair of Crocs new heels. I have them at the store and love them. Just a though, I certainly don't want to throw a kink in your new plan. Love ya!
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