Reunited with the wedge!

I am barely five feet tall. Of course I would often say that I'm 5 feet when asked casually, knowing that 4'11'' is just an inch away from 5 ft anyways. (And, my grade school Math teacher used to say I can round off numbers, you know).

Aside from the experience of wearing high heeled shoes during rare events such as proms and my very own wedding, I only got to wear them longer than a year when Havaianas wedges were popular years ago. We partied ways because hubby says it looks weird on me and he's kinda not trusting the way I walk. He says I walk so carelessly, not looking straight to where I am headed, and I could stumble and hurt myself any minute just by looking at me. From then on I shied away from heeled shoes. Besides, I love flats. They are comfy and carefree like that.



Then one funny thing happened a week ago. I was in a bloggers' event for a beauty brand in a mall, and we (me and my fellow bloggers) posed for a group shot. I stood on the second row,  tipped my toes to give the illusion that I'm not that short, even just in that photo. When I saw the photo on Facebook the following day, I don't know (in funny kind of way) if I should laugh or feel sorry for myself  because only the tip of my head were showing in the picture!! Ugh.

At my age, there is no way I am getting taller than my current height even if I take a hundred of  capsules of growth vitamins or eat loads of calcium-rich food. And so, I said to myself, this is it. I am giving myself a second chance to wear these toe-constricting, blister-machine called heels and wedges.

The universe was somewhat conspiring with me because shopping malls were on having a sale. After trying on a few, I finally got myself a nice and comfy wedge made by Chelsea ( free endorsement!), which is neither too high or too low. Just enough . And it is priced reasonably too at around 800 pesos.

I know that it is perfect because it is not too heavy on my feet and mind you, I have zero blisters from the day I bought it a week ago till now. Plus, I look taller, yay! My daughter jokingly told me that I look somewhat different, she would sometimes mistake me for someone else. Hubby also says that, with the new wedge, I now walk like a lady. Hmmmm. Is that a good thing? Of course, it is!

Well, that is just about my little happy ending in the footsie department. And as they say, a girl couldn't own enough shoes, chances are, I might be getting another pair of wedge soon.

How about you, have you rediscovered something, lately? Share!

Trivia: A Wedge heel is defined as the heel which is an extension of a shoe's sole.