Dragging my heels?

[strange_complex]

In the last seven days (to be specific, since Monday), one or both of the heels from exactly THREE different pairs of my shoes have fallen off. For context, I own nine pairs altogether, so we are talking about a 33% Heel Failure Rate in one week.

The first pair (yes, both heels fell off at once) couldn't be put back on, so I have had to abandon that pair of shoes. The second (single heel) could, so I have. The third appears to have been lost this evening in a taxi (unless captainlucy was successful at getting it back for me after I got out?).

Just what is going on here, exactly? Have the heels of my shoes been jinxed? Is it some kind of divine ironic punishment for the disparaging comments I have made about the horrible heels attached to virtually every pair of shoes currently available for purchase in the shops? Is fate playing with me - forcing me into a situation where I have no choice but to buy shoes with horrible heels?

And is it true that bad things always happen in threes, so that I can relax now that the danger has passed?

Answers on a lost shoe heel, please...

Update: The good news is that captainlucy did manage to find last night's lost heel, so hopefully that's another one I'll be able to glue back onto the shoe concerned.

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[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

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... :(