I'm 5'9". I don't do uber high heels, but I've worn 3" heels to job interviews back in the day (early 00s - I've been at my present job as a Quality Engineer since 2004). In general, it depends upon the fashion, though I am hesitant to wear 4" heels. It's not that I can't walk in them (if there's any one positive thing I got out of having been born with short Achilles tendons, which made not waking on my toes a real challenge, when I was growing up [no, I never had surgery to stretch them out, though an orthopedic surgeon did briefly talk about that option with my mom, when I was little], is the ability to walk decently in a pair of high heels), it's that I sometimes feel self conscious about my height (yeah, I know, it's kind of odd - I've run into plenty of other women who are taller than me). Unfortunately, for work, I have to wear steel toes (since as a part of my job as a Quality Engineer, I have to go out on the shop floor more than occasionally). So low heels it is on the job (actually I prefer athletic style steel toes - I need to get another pair, since mine are wearing out, and despite what one of my female coworkers suggests I do, and has done on occasion herself, I DON'T DO guys steel toes [despite them being more common than ladies steel toes] for obvious philosophical reasons

).
With regards to shoes I have - I have two pairs of boots I adore, but since they are more in style for casual wear, I wear my lower heeled 1.25" riding style boots more often than my 2.75" heeled boots. For additional casual footwear, I have a pair of 2.25" wedge Skechers sandals I bought recently on sale, that I'm looking forward to wearing this summer (ditto for the lower heeled Skechers sport sandals I also bought at the same time [hey, what can I say? I like Skechers

]). I won't lie, I have a bit of a shoe addiction - the only thing that keeps me from going crazy buying shoes, are financial constraints, and the fact that while I love a nice 3" sandal (ah luvs muh sandals!!!) and dressy shoes, I don't often have call for wearing dressy looking pumps, and 3" high sandals, IMO, don't always look good for the casual style of dress I typically wear when I'm not at work.
YMMV,
Ellen
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