Shoes, a Meme

Yesterday’s experience in pharmaceuticals left me mentally zoinked in terms of thinking up a modesty or head covering related blog post. Sigh…then I looked at my feet. Shoes! We can talk about shoes! Women love shoes!

Shoes matter in modesty. There is the trite phrase of men having been excited to see a well-turned ankle back in the day. Now they get more than an eye-full! A dainty slipper has become today’s spiked heel, open toe, laced up…err…shoe. I’m sure some of the contraptions I see hobbling around campus were once lawn aerators! My theory is that when the foot/ankle/calve became no longer exciting to see, fashionistas had to work extra hard to make people notice their gams.

A cute side story: When Jeff and I were still engaged, I was lounging on his couch, watching TV while he was in the kitchen. I had a blanket wrapped up over my legs. As I sat up and took off the blanket, my skirt flipped up to reveal my knees. I was wearing knee-high socks and bike shorts underneath my denim skirt so only my knee caps were really peaking through. Jeff had just turned around and he exclaimed, “KNEES!” I, of course, quickly flipped my skirt down. He had never seen my knees! I made sure he didn’t see them again until after our marriage.

Here are some questions for you:

• Are sandals (of all sorts, flip-flops, too) modest? If not, why?
• If you show your toes…do you feel the need to paint them? Why?
• Heels…Do you risk your health and safety for fashion?
• How many pairs of shoes do you currently own?
• How many pairs of shoes could you possibly reduce down to?
• Does your husband complain about said number of shoes?

For your curiosity, I’ll answer those questions in my next post. You could even use these questions as a Meme! Wow…I started a meme! If you read the above questions and maintain a blog…consider yourself tagged! Ping me if you answer.