I used to love heels. As a 5'4" person with extra short legs, I felt they were almost a necessity to balance out my proportions when wearing nice clothes. But, I've always had a super wide forefoot, so to find heels that would work, I ended up spending a lot of money (willingly). Most of my heels were upwards of $250-$300 a pair and I was extremely selective. I figure pain in the pocketbook was better than pain in the feet.

Unfortunately, my surgery last year killed my ability to wear any heels. Right now, my 'heels' are a pair of square toed platinum colored shoes with a 1/2 inch heel! Everything else I wear is a flat, flat, flat. I do have some super cute flats though.

I keep trying to put on a heel...even 1 inch would be nice...but the pain that it causes less than 5 minutes into wearing them is just not worth it. I have a co-worker patiently waiting for me to give them up permanently because we wear the same size and I told her she could buy them all off me for pennies.