Peep-toe Rebellion

I have a confession to make: I wear peep-toed heels to work.

I don't even own real pumps. Yep. I know, it's the cardinal sin for a female lawyer (hell, probably a male lawyer too). Ms. JD has a recent post that made me giggle during class.

Here's the thing, the shoes (well, and the stud in my nose) are sort of my little signs of rebellion. My low-heeled, toe-cleavage-bearing, rebel flags.

During my first year of law school I let them (you know whoever them is, The Man...or at least the woMan that works in the career center) convince me that I was an idiot. Despite having landed every job I'd ever interviewed for I was convinced I was 16 again, never having interviewed anywhere and having no idea what to wear.

YOU MUST WEAR CLOSED TOED SHOES!! They screamed.

So off I trotted to Nordstrom Rack to pick up an acceptable pair of shoes before heading off to interviews at giant law firms I didn't want to work for. I still identify taking a picture of some Cole Haan sling-backs and texting (If there's sexting is there also shoe-ting? Just wondering.) it to my friend, asking "do you think these are ok?" as the low point in the loosing-myself-in-law-school process.

I was grown, I'd survived worked multiple jobs, supervised staffs of 8-15, raised over $200k for a non-profit, and managed to never be unemployed... and yet... I forgot that I was capable of picking out my own damn shoes.

Not to mention, it didn't really occur to me until months later... if the firms had reject me because of my shoes... it was a sure sign I shouldn't want to work there.

So here's my new dilemma: my work shoes, the ones with the oh-so-slutty open toe, are wearing out. I have to buy new ones. But it snows here. And fall/winter is approaching. As much as I don't want to give into them, flying the rebel flag in the face of practicality just seems silly.

I'm keeping the nose stud though.