The Shoe Debacle..

It took a while for me to find the perfect shoe. At first I wanted a closed-toe T-bar heel, but I wasn't seeing any good ones. Then, I found a Cynthia Rowley shoe that I still have dreams about. Ah.. it had a round closed-toe, a crystal encrusted rectangle buckle on an ankle strap. The shoe was the perfect height.. it even came in off-white satin. But it didn't come in my size. :-(. So after more searching, I found my shoe.

Corloriffcs, Trisha. It has a cute little peep-toe and keyhole cutouts in the back, with a great little ankle strap.

I ordered them from the first site. I got an email notification that the shoes are being processed. I waited and waited and waited. The shoes never came!

I wrote one email. Then a second more frustrated email. No reply. I wrote a third email and cancelled my order. I'm guessing they went out of business..??

I ordered them from the second site. The shoes came. I got them sent to my mom's house because I wanted to try them on with the dress.. oh! you have to see the dress. ;-).

Of course, my mom opened them up. I think she tried them on! I think my sister did too!

"Oh they are so high! I don't think they are 3.25" like it says.. I'm going to measure them," says my Mom. "They look really big too.. you have to come an try them on."

"Mom, I don't care how high they are, I will wear them. I'm not giving up those sexy little keyholes for a couple hours of pain!"

My mom became obsessed with the shoes. I think she measured the heels 4 times. I started keeping count of how many often she told me how high the shoes were. In one conversation alone she mentioned the word "high" 5 times. She phoned me 3 different occasions, just to talk about the heel on my wedding shoe. She wrote one email - subject line: SHOES. I responded and her reply was simply, "too high". She told my sister, who told me over IM about the height of the heels and then wondered why I seemed frustrated.

Finally, I came home and I was able to try them on. I open the box. "Well, these are pretty high!" I tried them on.. they are a size too big. :-)

Now, I'm trying to return them.. Like everything, that can't be easy either. The information on the site led me to get a size that I normal wear, yet they are clearly too big. I have to pay to ship them back AND a 50% restocking fee. F- that! I'm speaking to a manager!