September 2018 – Page 76 – Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0

I probably should say that most of the time it’s safer to go up a shoe size if you’re in doubt.

Just remembering that time I was in a friend’s wedding, and she decided we should go for these matching dyed pumps. As happens with wedding parties.

That maybe wouldn’t have been so bad if the shop had my size in stock when we went in to try them on. But, of course the closest pair was a little tight.

“Sure, let’s go ahead and order in the size up, I’m sure that will be fine.”

Spoiler: It wasn’t fine. And it was too late by the time they came to try something else. I would have been better off with the ones I tried on.

The Sasquatch-sized pair they ordered in seemed to be a different brand, with different sizing. So I got stuck in heels that felt at least 2 sizes too big. They didn’t really want to stay on, it was that great a fit.

So, I tried insoles and stuffed the toes with paper. Which put a lot of my weight onto the toes crumpling themselves down against the toe paper, instead of on the balls of the feet. Besides the blisters.

(And of course I forgot to pack along comfier shoes for the reception. It was too cold to just go without, though I seriously considered it anyway. So it was pretty much all day stuck in those horrible shoes.)

I’m not sure if any toes actually ended up broken, or “just” dislocated. (Thank you lousy collagen. 😩) There was a lot of bruising, and walking was not easy for a couple of weeks afterwards.

Now I would just say, “Sorry, I’m just going to have to wear non-matching shoes. These are not working at all.” Even if I didn’t have diabetic foot issues to keep in mind.

That was over 15 years ago, though, and I felt like I needed to good sport my way through in horrible shoes.

Also a cautionary tale, I suppose. Please don’t do that. 😱

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@natalunasans – Sounds like about the same size as my mom, and she always had a lot more trouble finding any decent selection of shoes.

I usually want to add some arch support to Chucks anyway, but thicker type insoles were exactly what I was thinking of it that pair is a little loose 😅 Glad that’s mostly been working for you.

Definitely better to aim for a size up if you’re in between and not sure, IME. Much easier to adjust fit that way..

clatterbane:

@ajax-daughter-of-telamon – In US sizes, the 8 men’s would be the equivalent of a 10 women’s. I actually wore a lot of 9.5 when I could find them, because of course I’d need half sizes.

(In UK sizing, the numbers are the same. It’s just often hard to find much women’s selection over a size 6 or so–equivalent of 8 US women’s. Roughly.)

From buying insoles and stuff, I apparently also wear what’s considered a men’s medium shoe size here.

Which still seems a little odd to me, but I’m also not far off average male height. So it makes more sense.

@ajax-daughter-of-telamon – In US sizes, the 8 men’s would be the equivalent of a 10 women’s. I actually wore a lot of 9.5 when I could find them, because of course I’d need half sizes.

(In UK sizing, the numbers are the same. It’s just often hard to find much women’s selection over a size 6 or so–equivalent of 8 US women’s. Roughly.)

Actually, the pricing in pounds is sorta handy there, so I can try to convince myself that £70 sounds like significantly less than $100 🙄

(Probably good it wasn’t in Euros, then…)

I did just go ahead and order those shoes, before they ran completely out. A lot of the rest of that line apparently did sell out pretty quickly.

Belated gifts to 14-year-old me. Though that’s what Sharpies are for 😅

A bit of extra fun, though. The 7.5 was showing up as in stock, and the site let me add it to the basket (as seen here).
Only to inform me that it was really out of stock when I went to check out maybe 2 minutes later!

Either their system was really messed up, or I should have tried to buy that 5 minutes earlier.

The 8 should work, assuming the info I was finding is right and their UK sizes are exactly the same as US men’s. It’s been long enough since I bought any UK-sized Converse (trying them on) that I honestly don’t remember. Overall, it’s a crapshoot. And I don’t have any old shoe boxes around to check. We’ll see soon enough.

I was initially pretty glad to see the 7.5, though, since that’s what always worked best for me in Chucks. Assuming it was really the same as what they’re selling as a men’s 7.5 in the US.

clatterbane:

Looks like time for another episode of “I’m Getting Really Hungry But I Need To Move This Cat Before I Can Cook” 😼

Finally got him moved, about an hour later! 🙄

Hoping he would go on his own, but apparently not soon enough.

azmelly:

Can you spot the coyote?

rjzimmerman:

15 minutes ago, 2:50 Eastern time on Friday. Still looking like a mean monster. 3 deaths in North Carolina so far……mom and baby from tree falling on house and a woman from a heart attack. Some weather people are seeing signs that this monster might dump 60 inches of rain on parts of North Carolina.