High Heels with No Grips!! - Fashion vs Winter!!

[guest anon]

What was this - Jackie & Jill went up the hill?
If you had trouble going up the hill - how the heck did you get down?
What goes up must come down!
I suppose that you did not consider going barefoot!
Anyway you had fun and rewarded with ice cream at the top.

[Guest]

today I slipped so badly on wet leaves! I almost fallen twice!

[Gemma S]

Last week I slipped on wet grass & twisted my knee so at the moment I've got my left knee bandaged & have been in a fair bit of pain. The swelling's mostly gone & I'll hopefully be able to take the strapping off sometime next week
Gemma

[Guest]

Oh that's so bad. How are you now? Is teh bandage painfull?
Which kind of shoes you was wearing when you slipped?

[Guest]

I'm very sorry to hear about that. I hope you get well soon!

[Guest]

Did anyone have problems with slippery pavements this morning?

I stayed at my boyfriend's last night. This is normally great as he lives in the town where I work, and it is only about half a miles walk from his house to my office place, whereas from where I live I have a 25 mile drive each way. Anyway, there had been a heavy shower last night and then it had frozen with a sharp frost. I set off for work, wearing a navy skirt, tights and the navy medium heeled court shoes I always wear to work.

On the way from b/fs to work I have to walk over a bridge and then up a steep hill. My heels are about 3 inches and have a completely smooth leather sole. As I started to walk up the hill I realised that the rain had frozen and the pavement was treacherous!! I was slipping all over the place and could'nt get up the hill at all. There is no alternative route without going a very long way areound, so I had to take my shoes off and walk up the hill in my stockings feet. When I reached the top my feet were freezing and soaked, - what a nightmare!! I put my shoes back on and walked the rest of the way to the travel agents where I work. When I arrived at work my feet were still frozen and the insides of my shoes were also now wet!!

I decided I had to take off my shoes and as I did'nt have another pair of shoes with me have been padding around in my stockings feet all da!!

I am staying with my b/f again tonight and I think it is going to be frosty again tomorrow AM. Has anyone got any suggestions to help me tomorrow please. Unfortunately I have only got my work shoes with me and no others. I always go barefoot in my b/fs house, which is why I did'nt bother bringing any other footwear with me.

I did wonder if the same thing happens again tomorrow about buying some slippers to change into in work. At least then I would have something dry and comfy to wear in work.

What do people think please?

I know I could drive home and back, but I am really looking forward to staying with my b/f, and also the journey is pretty rural so the roads may well be bad!!

Becky.

[sexyshoes]

Hi Becky

Sounds like quite an adventure! What sort of heels do you have on those shoes? If they're stilettos, you could try walking up the slope pushing your heels in to give you grip.

Did you get any grip from your shoes at all on that slope?

SS x x

[Guest]

Hi,

My work shoes are about 2 - 3 inch navy courts, - so not really stilletoes.

Would you believe the same thing happened again today. I stayed at my boyfriends last night and it was frosty again. Stupidly I did'nt have any other shoes with me, and the hill was icy. To make matters worse the council had tried to put salt or grit down, but it was still slippery!! So I had to walk up the hill with my shoes off again and tip toe over all the mess from the salt or grit in my stockings feet, - a complete disaster!! You can imagine the state my shoes and tights were in by the time I reached work, and of course my feet were wet so I had to leave my shoes off in work.

I have decided that I am going to start wearing my trendy fashionable wellies to work to avoid this happenig again. Also, when I drive to work from my own home I often stop to visit my horse on the way, so wellies would be more suitable than heels for that!!

I think I can get away without formal shoes in work, and am planning to keep a pair of slippers in work to change into and wear all day in the travel agents where I work. I figure they will be nice and comfy to pad around the office in during the bad weather, and if I have to go outside I will just slip my wellies back on!!

How is everyone else coping in this cold weather?

Becky.

[Guest]

How is everyone else coping in this cold weather?

my ballet flats are struggling hard over the cold ground!

[Guest]

It's not so cold here but the wet weather is sure making the ground slippery.
I walked across the park today in my flats. They slipped and skidded all over the place on the wet grass. At one point there was a slight slope. I slipped so much I thought I wasn't going to get up it. I got there in the end but boy was I slipping a lot.

[Guest]

It's not so cold here but the wet weather is sure making the ground slippery.
I walked across the park today in my flats. They slipped and skidded all over the place on the wet grass. At one point there was a slight slope. I slipped so much I thought I wasn't going to get up it. I got there in the end but boy was I slipping a lot.

That sounds like a cool experience! What are your flats like, are they pointy or rounded and what are the bottsom like?

[Guest]

It's not so cold here but the wet weather is sure making the ground slippery.
I walked across the park today in my flats. They slipped and skidded all over the place on the wet grass. At one point there was a slight slope. I slipped so much I thought I wasn't going to get up it. I got there in the end but boy was I slipping a lot.

That sounds like a cool experience! What are your flats like, are they pointy or rounded and what are the bottsom like?

They were slightly pointed toes with smooth hard plastic soles. They were quite new so the soles were still shiny and slippery. I couldn't get any grip at all even though it was only a gentle slope. I left a lot of shiny skid marks on that slope where I slipped so much.
I know rubber soles are available but I hate those. They squeak when I walk along the corridor at work and look awful. The smooth soles are also easier to clean. A quick wipe over and they're like new. The rubber soles hold a lot of dirt and walk it into our house so are not so sensible.

[Guest]

They were slightly pointed toes with smooth hard plastic soles. They were quite new so the soles were still shiny and slippery. I couldn't get any grip at all even though it was only a gentle slope. I left a lot of shiny skid marks on that slope where I slipped so much.
I know rubber soles are available but I hate those. They squeak when I walk along the corridor at work and look awful. The smooth soles are also easier to clean. A quick wipe over and they're like new. The rubber soles hold a lot of dirt and walk it into our house so are not so sensible.[/quote]

Hey, I'm totally with you with regards to rubber soles, I can't stand the sight of them! Like you say, they squeak, look horrible and I always find myself tripping up on them, smooth and slippey is the way forward I think!!

Did you like how slippery they felt as you tried to walk in them?

[Guest]

At one point there was a slight slope. I slipped so much I thought I wasn't going to get up it. I got there in the end but boy was I slipping a lot.

How you was able to get up it? Did you find a place where your flats found a bit of grip?

[Guest]

At one point there was a slight slope. I slipped so much I thought I wasn't going to get up it. I got there in the end but boy was I slipping a lot.

How you was able to get up it? Did you find a place where your flats found a bit of grip?

I couldn't find anywhere that I could get any grip. I just kept trying harder and harder. The trouble was my shoes made the slope even more slippery when I slipped. I got up in the end but only by almost running at it and not stopping. As I said, my shoes were skidding all over the place and couldn't get any grip at all.

Looking back on it, yes it was quite fun but not at the time. I went back again a few days ago and tried again in my slippy flats. This time I wore clothes that wouldn't matter if I fell over. I'd got a short denim skirt and a sweat shirt top. They both wash easily so it's no problem if they get muddy.
Well we've had more rain since the first time I was there. the slope was VERY slippery and I couldn't even get part way up. I thought it would be good to learn the best way to manage this sort of thing in case it happens to me again. I tried various ways, small steps, big steps, fast, slow and anyting else I could think of.
Slowly didn't work too well. I just stopped and slipped evry time I tried to move. I found the best was going at it as fast as possible regardless of how much my shoes skidded. The problem is I fell down a bit but never badly. I almost made it all the way up a few times. My legs were going as fast as they could but my shoes were just slipping backwards leaving big skid marks.
It was a strange sensation feeling my nice little shoes slipping and unable to get any grip. I can't really explain it but certainly worth trying again sometime.