My Feet Are Shrinking!
October 2, 2009 –
Here’s a strange thing. I have always been a shoe size 5, well all my adult life anyway. I have noticed though that my feet keep changing (dont look horrified!). When I was travelling I did not carry a pair of heels with me. I know, I know, naughty Rhia! When I came back I was a size 6. I didnt like that, I felt that I was not tall enough to be a size 6. If I was meant to be a size 6, I would be a glorious 5′ 8″ right? (Oh, by the way, for overseas readers, I am referring to UK sizes). Anyway, a size 5 was always ok until I became a 6.
So this is what happened – this is my theory. I started wearing heels again on a regular basis and my feet gradually went back to a 5. I figured that my feet had flattened out through wearing flat shoes for so long. As I have been prancing around in heels again for a while, they returned to a size 5, so I have been buying a size 5 for ages now.
Are you keepng up? Now autumn is around the corner, and I always clear out my wardrobe twice a year – clothes, shoes and bags – so that I have room for some new ones around this time. Horray!
Now today was shopping day and I saw a lovely new pair of black stilettos. My other ones needed to be thrown out. Oh I just remembered someone asking me to donate my old shoes ages ago (a shoe fetishist – whoops sorry!)
So, I tried on the size 5. Too big. Honestly. I had to buy a 4. I am the incredible shrinking woman! When you come to see me, I will be just a squeak on the floor, please dont stand on me!
Still on the subject of shopping, have you noticed yet? The Christmas things in the shops. Is it too soon? Im not sure. I love the build up to Christmas and get ever so excited but the day itself is a bit of an anti-climax isnt it? I always peak too soon, but only for Christmas and not when it really counts ;)
