Perusing the sale shoes at Nordstrom at Fashion Valley in San Diego (FV is a great place to find small size shoes btw!), I found a super marked down pair of black patent Jimmy Choo’s, in a popular style, in size 4.5. This is shocking because, high end shoes in small sizes always go quickly, and then to find such a popular style at such a marked down price is unheard of.
I’m a true to small size 5 in shoes, so I figured I’d try these size 4.5′s on just for fun, not expecting to be able to wedge my foot into them. To my delight, and partially to my horror, the 4.5 size shoes fit perfectly!
The good news is, I scored a super cute pair of Jimmy Choo’s at a fantastic discount. The bad news is, I found out I can sometimes be a size 4.5 shoe. The size 4.5 and under ladies out there know how difficult this size is to find, and why this realization can be horrifying to a shoe lover who has a hard enough time scoring shoes in size 5.
This is also amusing considering just a few years ago, I had convinced myself I was a size 6. One day, while on a job interview, I was following behind a very quick walker on an office tour, when my too large size 6 shoe flew off my foot and across the room. As I fished my shoe out from under the desk it had flown under, I realized I had to better research my actual shoe size.
It’s also good to know Jimmy Choo makes shoes smaller than a size 5!
