I'm not a very girlie girl (shocking, I'm sure), but when I wear the feminine card, I wear it with gusto. Generally, I sport Pumas to work on a daily basis (for comfort reasons and they are the ideal driving shoe in my humble opinion). However, sometimes I spice things up a bit and sport stilettos.
Yup, 4-inchers. And I get grief from the boys in the office all day about it. Mostly because they're convinced I can't drive in them. They were so convinced, in fact, that they proposed a bit of a challenge.
My esteemed colleague, the one and only Matt St-Pierre, was the first to bring up a bet I just couldn't turn down: "If you can heel-toe in those things, I'll wear a pair myself and do the same."
Sold.
Truthfully, I usually don't drive in 4-inch heels, even when I'm wearing them. I usually bring flat shoes to change into if I know I'm going to drive a manual car. Driving in heels can make for a rough and rocky ride, so I usually forgo the whole thing. Until Matt came up with the High-Heel-Toe Challenge.
It truly is a challenge. I'm sure there are women out there who can (and do) do it on a daily basis. But being a more casual girl myself, I need a bit of practice driving in classier attire. Just walking in heels alone is challenging enough sometimes (trust me), so add the dynamic of clutching, throttle press and braking into the mix and watch out, things could get dicey.
And so, from this point on, every time we have a manual car in our parking lot I'll be taking it for a spin in my stilettos, perfecting my high-heel-toe technique so Matt can look oh-so pretty in a pair in the very near future.
Yup, 4-inchers. And I get grief from the boys in the office all day about it. Mostly because they're convinced I can't drive in them. They were so convinced, in fact, that they proposed a bit of a challenge.
My esteemed colleague, the one and only Matt St-Pierre, was the first to bring up a bet I just couldn't turn down: "If you can heel-toe in those things, I'll wear a pair myself and do the same."
Sold.
Truthfully, I usually don't drive in 4-inch heels, even when I'm wearing them. I usually bring flat shoes to change into if I know I'm going to drive a manual car. Driving in heels can make for a rough and rocky ride, so I usually forgo the whole thing. Until Matt came up with the High-Heel-Toe Challenge.
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| Photo: Miranda Lightstone |
It truly is a challenge. I'm sure there are women out there who can (and do) do it on a daily basis. But being a more casual girl myself, I need a bit of practice driving in classier attire. Just walking in heels alone is challenging enough sometimes (trust me), so add the dynamic of clutching, throttle press and braking into the mix and watch out, things could get dicey.
And so, from this point on, every time we have a manual car in our parking lot I'll be taking it for a spin in my stilettos, perfecting my high-heel-toe technique so Matt can look oh-so pretty in a pair in the very near future.