NWR: Help me fix my heels?

sweetpea0911

Okay, so it's early and you girls are up and functioning, plus you are all super creative and smart, so I'm hoping you can help me.  My favorite pair of heels broke the last night - the ankle strap, to be specific, and only on one shoe.  I'm not at a loss, because they are my only pair of black heels at school, and I need them for church in...2 hours!!  Normally this wouldn't matter, but J and I are announcing our engagement to the church family this morning and it's kind of a big deal.

Since only the one ankle strap broke, J and one of my friends suggested cutting the straps off of the shoes and wearing them like slip ons.  I'm afraid that would look weird and/or ruin the rest of the shoe.  What do you think?  Should I try it, or suck it up and find a different outfit?

For reference, the heels look kind of like this:

jajph1974

Use a safety pin(use a black sharpie to color it so it won't be as noticeable). It will hold for a few hours. This happens to me all the time.

jajph1974

Wait, did the strap itself break, or did the strap break off from the rest of the shoe? The safety pin won't work to attach it to the shoe itself

Mrs.B6302007

I'd grab a hot glue gun for now to get me through today.

sweetpea0911

the strap itself broke, but is stil attatched to the shoe.  i'm going to try the safety pin now and if that doesn't work, i just texted my friend and asked her to borrow her hot glue gun, haha.

thanks girls, i feel a lot better knowing that i don't have to mutilate them, and knowing that they aren't a total loss =]

karbar42

I think if they look like that. they would look cute if you took of the ankle straps.  If you use a razor blade you should be able to get close enough so you wouldn't even know there was as strap.  Good luck.