Looking back, I was an idiot to think these would work.  I always pay for quality footwear because that's how I was raised.  But it was winter, I needed some dressy shoes for a single occasion, and I didn't want to go to the mall.  I could woman up for one night, right?

Wrong.  These shoes were so incredibly uncomfortable I didn't even try the second one.  The upper ridge was . . .  rigid.  Unbending.  Scraped the sides of my foot when I shoved it in.  I wouldn't have lasted half an hour without blisters under my ankle bones.