I purchased these shoes with the hope that they would be wide enough so I purchased the E size. I have a high in-step. They are really cute and for the price I was willing to try the any method of stretching them. They shoe itself after stretching it is very comfortable to walk in but because of my high in-step the strap is to tight I won't use them for more than a few hours. I'm a teacher and do a lot of standing and walking around my classroom.  I stretched the shoes using water in a bag and stuffing the bags inside the shoe to stretch them out when the bags froze in the freezer. This helped with the toe area. The strap is what is really giving me a problem. At the end of the strap it stretches out a little but not enough to not leave red marks.. My next step is to add rubbing alcohol to the strap and wearing it while it dries hoping that it stretches a little..