Big Foot Girl with a Grudge!
I admit it. I have big ole feet. I wear a big shoe. But I do wear it well. After 3 kids my feet grew. So they are even bigger than they were when they were just big. Anyway, it just makes shoe shopping an act of desperation. I’m ordinarily a sale woman. But when it comes to shoes, I have to buy my size 10-11 when I can get them. The good news is that I have found a few dependable retailers for larger sizes. Nordstrom for one. They are sooo good at that store. They will stock 11’s if the shoe’s are made in that size. But, what I don’t understand, is that they will only buy 4 size 11’s and to 100 size 8’s. Then when the sale comes, what’s leftover? 59 size 8’s. Nordstrom.com also does a nice job of stocking larger sizes. Zappo’s has a dizzying array of large sizes. I nearly lost my mind the first time I logged onto that site. I don’t care for all of their shoes, but I can do a little damage at Nine West, and they too stock up to 11’s in most styles. My new favorte shopping site Piperlime also has a great variety of larger size shoes. On the higher end, I can usually find beautiful designer styles at SAKS. Look at the Brian Atwood cutie:
Not to mention that they have great sales.
I did a search on Google and found some interesting sites. Designer Shoes goes up to a women’s size 15!
When I look at Steve Madden shoes in stores, they barely have a 10, let alone an 11, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that they offer extended sizes on their website, up to a 12. Shoes.com claimed to have a large variety of large sizes, but when I searched on women’s size 11 they came up with zip.
With so many choices, I may just have to get over my grudge.
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