radiodave

I thought I'd start my own thread of outings, however brief they may be. My ex-wife and I discussed at length, and I'm ready to try more of them. We're still best friends, and she's cool with me wearing the shoes in public more, even if she's around.

Yesterday, I had to run an errand to the bank, and went by way of the coffee shop on the way back. I wore some beige Dockers, a red polo shirt, and some wedge heeled sandals. Not the tiniest bit of reaction from anyone at the bank, despite the noise. Going by the coffee shop, a couple folks sitting inside must have seen them, but no stares. I had put some clear nail polish on, but it wasn't too noticeable.

I had thought really hard about trying my slingback open toe heels for the morning's outings, but thought I'd play it safe. I headed over to visit the ex-wife, since she had a couple things she found I had left there. We chatted for a long while, and I wore the new slingbacks with the same outfit. She thought it looked good, and while it may not have been much of an outing since it was just driving to her house and back, they were quite comfortable. We talked about possibly going to see a play next weekend, and hinted I might wear a pair of heels. Her only comment was to be aware that most of the audience is of the senior citizen variety, so we shall see.

Not much heel wearing today, since I was wrestling with my collector car to put a new fuel pump in. Maybe after dinner I'll go get some ice cream. Need to make some short trips with the collector car to make sure I really have the vapor locking problem licked before I go on longer ones.

Speaking of the vapor locking little car, an interesting event last week, though not involving shoes. Some folks from work asked me to join them for a drink after work, so after a round of pints one of the ladies handed her friend a bottle of nail polish, either returning it or replacing it, not sure which. Anyway, the friend proceeded to half jokingly offer to paint the guys' nails around the table. Of course, the more "manly" ones flat out refused as though their manliness would be destroyed by a few dabs of red nail polish. Well, I half jokingly stuck my hand out and offered mine up. SHE ACTUALLY DID MINE! Well, there were a few guffaws from the other folks around the table, but I just shrugged it off (maybe that pint was starting to have an effect ). Well, it so happens on this day I had driven my little car to work, and it was hot that evening. Well, this ugly vapor locking problem stalled the car 3 times on the way home. The third time it stalled, I was in my development, and was literally 100 feet from the peak of the hill where I could have coasted the rest of the way to my house. Each time it stalled, I had to wait a few minutes for the engine to cool, then pull the fuel line off the carburetor and suck fuel (kids, don't try this at home ) through the pump to get the fuel pump going again. While I was trying to get it running yet again (while cursing the fine fuel pump design and wishing it could have made it just another 100 feet), a few of the neighbors there showed up to help out. So there I am with my head buried under the hood of an antique car, with the fuel pump cover off, tools in hand, trying to prime the fuel pump, in full view of several good Samaritans while sporting red nail polish. Heh heh, bet that's something they don't see every day. Nobody stared or said anything, and they graciously offered to push the car up the hill if I couldn't get it running. I didn't want to impose too much of their time or effort, so in one last ditch effort, I got the engine running briefly, thanked the good Samaritans, then gunned it to make it just over the hilltop, at which point it died yet again. Fortunately, it managed to coast all the way back into my garage. When I came into work the next day, one of the guys who was really having an aversion to the nail painting happened to glance and asked how I got the nail polish off, but nobody else (not even the lady doing the painting) mentioned anything else about it.

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Bubba136

Nice story. Thanks

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Stilettoscot

The sling-backs scream they need to be worn out in public more! Nice!
Thanks for the story. Inspirational, and I hope to contribute soon.

sabotalot

What kind of "antique car" do you have? I have (and cherish) a full-size 1965 American car, with working factory air.

radiodave

I have a 1977 MG Midget convertible, rescued from a friend's garage. You can read about it and see a picture here. Hot Rod's

HappyFeat

Those are great stories! Thank you for sharing. Both pair of shoes are fantastic. What brand are they? Also, in your pictures did you pull up the leg of your trousers to show the shoes, or is that where they naturally fell on your ankle?

Keep it up...I am looking forward to more adventures.

fastfreddy2

Me too.


I've got a thing for smaller bits of detail, so the nail varnish part was interesting too.


I don't know how appropriate this comment is, and I certainly don't have a thing for them but; "nice toes".


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roniheels

Radiodave...

Thank you for sharing the story with us. It sounds like you are still ongood terms with your ex-wife and that is a positive. I have a pair of sling backs similar to the one's you have pictured. They are so comfortable and fun to wear in public. And I wish you the best of luck with your vehicle. Nothing worse than a the mercy of a downed automobile.

radiodave

The wedge sandals are made by Aerology, and the slingbacks are Vera by Vera Wang. I got both of them at Kohl's. I did lift up my pant leg a little to get a picture of them.

More adventures:

Tonight I put on my 4" T-strap wedges from Steve Madden with some thin dark socks (it was a little cooler out) wore them with my tan dress pants, grey sueded shirt, and went over to Radio Shack to get a part to fix my coffee maker. Almost a tragedy at my house this morning when my coffee maker wouldn't heat up, but it turned out to be a bad fuse. Why not replace the $1.69 fuse instead of the $30 coffee maker?

Getting out of the car, a guy was walking by with his son. I glanced over, realizing that these shoes were a bit on the noisy side. He didn't seem overly concerned, and I didn't look to see if he stared after I passed him. There was only the one guy working the counter at Radio Shack, and he seemed bored. Even the brief clop clop didn't faze him. I found my replacement fuse, he rang me up, and I doubt he even noticed. Maybe if I'd worn some 5" stilettos he might have noticed .

Coming out of Radio Shack, I'm walking along the storefronts to cross over to my car, and a group of Latinos comes out of a store. Hmm... These guys are wearing ball caps backward, chains, and it's looking like a possible entertaining moment for all parties. Suck it up, smile and nod in greeting, and don't stare. One guy kind of made a U-turn and walked right past me, and the others asked "Adonde vas?" (where are you going?). I figure I remember enough Spanish from high school that I'd be able to figure out if I'm the subject of their conversation, but I didn't hear anything else. The guy making the U-turn walked back toward the trash can at the curb, but he didn't seem to be looking down. The others were looking my way, but nobody started smirking or laughing uncontrollably, and they didn't seem to be staring at the shoes. I had to remind myself that folks will look, they might stare, and there's nothing wrong with that. Sure enough, all was fine! No laughs, no ugly looks, no loud epithets, and the world didn't come to an end!

I went over to another store, and browsing the racks a couple was too interested in whatever they were looking at to even notice. The sales lady might have noticed, but didn't seem the slightest bit concerned. She mentioned the sky was looking like it was going to try raining, and I replied that it's been going between rainy and sunny all day. She wished me a good evening, I did the same to her, and went on my way.

Sorry the pictures are a little dark.

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Stilettoscot

Excellent, Dave!