So How Did It All Begin?

I was living at home in Formby with my mum and dad and as there were no fashionable shoe shops in Formby, I had to travel into Southport. I remember two popular shops on the main street. Freeman, Hardy and Willis and Timpsons I think they were called. Does anyone remember them? I'm not sure whether I was browsing or looking for a particular pair but I was dismayed to find that both shops were full of clunky styles and not one pair of stilettos in sight. This was a great disappointment to me as at just 5ft 2½ tall (the half inch is important as it makes me the tallest of three sisters. That's 2cms to you metric mob) heels are a necessity. I don't think you can find anything that looks sexier that a stylish pair of stilettos. Do you? Anyway, my disappointment at not finding any shoes I liked was not just a one off. For months I couldn't find anything but thick heeled, chunky ones which looked like blocks of concrete on the end of my skinny legs! So, I can't remember when things started to change, but when I finally did spot a heeled pair that I liked, I had to buy them. From then on I was indoctrnated with the belief that everytime I saw a pair of shoes I liked I had to buy them just in case the slender-heeled variety did a disappearing act again!!