You are your shoes

I'm kicking off the week by blogging about shoes. Life is good.

Here, one writer argues that "extreme heels" have gotten out of control. An excerpt:

It’s no longer a matter of how good you look; it’s a question of “I can if she can”. And I look thinner and taller.

Normally I'd disagree, but I reached a sobering realization when I recently spotted an eighth-grader wearing -- brace yourself -- clear plastic heels in Cheddar's. I don't know what was more alarming: the fact she owned the shoes, or the fact that she could walk in them with ease.

Subscribe to the world of heels and you're agreeing to blisters, publicly photographed tumbles and a good chunk of credit card debt.

I hope it's worth it.

Are heels still hot?