As a slave to fashion in the 60's & 70's - the years of wearing pointy spike heels (to work....) daily, I developed a bunion. I totally missed the go-go boots era. Certainly no great loss in hindsight... But, I had to wear something that would allow me to slip off the left shoe when the pain would get to much. I would go for cordisone shots every few months and this would enable me to squeeze back into the points for awhile. I put up with this nonsense for 25 years...

I finally had surgery back in 1991 and could kick myself for putting it off as long as I did. Although I can wear just about any style now - I have not bought the boots. I find that I still slip off of whatever I'm wearing after a few hours and boots would just be too much. If it's not comfortable - I can't be bothered - one 'plus' of getting a tad older - fashion just isn't a big deal anymore.

I really like the square-toe boots, ankle-high ones, especially with certain casual outfits that include a pair of jeans, or Dockers. For fall/winter suits, and certain skirts/dresses, I like dressy, knee-high boots, with a heel of at least two inches, but I avoid the skinny spike-heeled ones.

I saw a young gal almost take a fall at the mall not long ago, as she trod along in her four or five inch, spike-heeled boots...balancing one's self on those stilts isn't easy, no matter your age!

Have a pair of tall straight black boots, low and wide heel, with a bit of gold trim at top. I need to wear boots..walk along a stretch of road to work that has no sidewalks and there are trucks. So sometimes I do walk through the snowbanks.

Have had these boots for past 5 years...and many men compliment me on them. To them, it looks like English riding boots.

I love them because they are so walkable across ice, snow and I have to wear customized orthotics to walk any appreciable distance.

The thought of putting boots on makes my feet hurt. I love my tennis shoes... better than those, are my slip-on house shoes (which I sometimes wear to the grocery)... and even better than those, are my bare feet (socks optional and dependent on weather). I have wide feet, in relation to the length of them, anyway, and it's hard to find shoes that fit comfortably and look stylish. My feet have to be comfortable.

In my past, I have worn cowboy boots, which are hard to beat in the comfort department, once they're broken in. I don't think I could handle even them these days, tho... or I simply just don't want to bother.

If I decide to wear dressier footwear (weddings, funerals, etc.), I wear flats or super low heals. I rarely put on a skirt, and never put on a dress, anymore. Some of the pluses of not working in corporate America. Don't know what I'll do if I do decide to re-enter the job market. EEEEK, the thought is nauseating - dressing up, I mean, not working again.