Lets talk shoes

Shoes. As Carrie Bradshaw would say, you can never own too many pairs of shoes. While I will never ever own a shoe closet like Carrie, I do share her love for shoes. High heels, flats, sneakers, wedges, I love them all but it's very hard to find the perfect fit. Like the rest of me, my feet are short, a size 4 or 5. You walk into a normal shoe store and it's extremely likely the smallest size their shoes come in are a 6 or made for little kids. Sometimes that's not a bad thing, kid's shoes are cheaper and if the shoe fits wear it :). The hardest shoes for me to find are boots and heels. I'm the first to call myself a klutz so I know I'm not the best walker in high heels but a girl needs a good pair of heels that actually fit. Boots are even harder to find. I'm in love with the combat boot trend and I have been on a non stop search for them but most of the time they're either too big (again I will never be a size 6) or they go up too high. Having shorter legs means shorter calves and thighs so what would be a mid calf boot usually goes up to my knees or even higher. Now that doesn't mean I can never wear boots or heels and walk around in sneakers and flats all the time. I do have a couple pairs of high heels and as recently as 20 minutes ago just acquired my first and probably only pair of combat boots.

Now where do I find these shoes? My local shoe supplier is Traffic shoes. They always have shoes for good deals and what I love about them is that they always display their smallest size available in each style. That makes shopping for me a little bit easier because I don't have to constantly ask if they come in my size, I simply have to look at the shoe. Of course that doesn't mean that every shoe comes in a size 5, more often than not I'll leave without seeing a single pair of shoes in my size that I like. The second store is Nordstrom. You know you buy your shoes at Nordstrom when almost all the shoe department guys know you buy name and your shoe size. When I go shoe shopping in there I tell them what type of shoe I'm looking for (heel, boot, flat, sneaker, etc.) in every size 4 or 5. I'm shocked if they come out with more than 7 boxes of shoes for me to try. 9 times out of 10 I find a pair that fit, are cute and I can walk in them pretty well (again I'm a klutz so that just means I know I definitely won't break anything while wearing them). Nordstrom does have expensive shoes so I always try to find the sales and deals but if I have to splurge, I will if the shoes are ones that I can wear a lot and I'm absolutely out of options.

Below are the new pair of boots I just got today. What I really love about them is that you can undo the buckle and wrap the strap around the boot in any way you want. I was nervous when I first held them up to my leg as I thought they would be too high but they are right under my knee and they don't dig in.  They will be perfect with a pair of shorts or leggings or jeans.

Toodles for now!
-Jill
*Disclaimer- I was not asked to promote Nordstrom or Traffic. I am merely stating my opinion about shoes.