Supersizing of America & a rant

[Selkie]

I do wear heels with jeans, but that's for "dress up," i.e. going out with DH, etc. And, they are not super high heels; sometimes the jeans would be too long still! I have a pair of short boots with 3 inch chunky heels that I wear with some of the longer pants I have for work. I couldn't do it when I was teaching, too much standing, but now I sit most of the time at work.
Going to look at Patagonia.

Crankin, I was referring to those "Sex in the City" type heels---really high ones with the pointy toes. FM shoes, to put it crassly. There are 20-30 year olds who wear them to work with those skin tight, low rider jeans on Fridays.

[Crankin]

I pretty much knew the type you were talking about... I like the look of high heels, but my body says otherwise. Yea, sometimes I have had to tell younger colleagues, "no crack showing, please!" (and this is when I was teaching 11-13 year olds!). And, I love low rise jeans, but I know the limits of this!
Eh, my DH has a Lexus SUV. We keep it because of its ability to haul 4 bikes, a canoe, suitcases, and 4 adults. Besides, around here, the type of person Selkie refers to drives a white Cadillac Escalade with private school stickers on the back. Lexus is a pretty common car around here, so those Cadillacs really make a statement.

[SaNdEe]

Florida is an interesting place - below the "deep South" - so while many steriotypes are found here, there are enough transplants from other places to keep it interesting.
The heels look here has been moving more towards the Latin-style (more elegance than trash). However, I can rarely wear heels since my feet cramp terribly if I do - I much prefer my comfy old lace-up boots, but those don't really work in the office . . . plus, I'm taller than my DH if I wear heels!