Yup, 3" stilettos are good, but that's what the heels of the first pair of boots I broke were, and it reminded me that stilettos are plagued by such mishaps.

I actually like chunky heels: what I do not like are those awful heels which are kind of like just a thin strip at the back of the boot. They look misplaced because they're not in the centre of the actual human heel (like a stiletto is), and I always think they look like they are just about to snap off.

It really feels to me as though for the last three years, those have been the only kind of heels available in the shops... :(