Confessions of a cyber shoe shopping virgin
After months of lustful lurking, I did it. I finally took the plunge. I bought a pair of shoes online.
Two, actually.
Now I've always been a late bloomer. I'm still not much for shopping online, except for shoes. Over the past year, I've spent hours and hours flirting with cyber shoe stores like 6pm.com. But I was always a good girl and went home alone. Until last week.
I was ready. I wanted to make the buy. Shoes (on sale) seemed like a reasonable splurge in these difficult times. Especially when 6pm.com was running a deal on Nine West-- every pair for $20.
I spent a scandalous lunch break surfing the styles. Since I had to pay for shipping, it only made sense to buy two pairs. The ones that I needed (solid yet stylish brown pumps) and the ones that I wanted (gold peep toe wedges).
I expected to wait a week after clicking "buy," but the shoes I ordered arrived in two business days! I tore into the box and pranced around the house. The fit was perfect. And the high was better than, well, I'm not going there.
But I want to do it again.
Deal Diva Letitia
(Photos: My shoes! I got the peep toes in gold and the faux croc pumps are already a workday fav.)
Stephanie Hayes came out of the womb wearing high heels. While other kids were reciting multiplication tables, she was learning to calculate an extra third off the half-price discount during buy-one-get-one week. She loves animal prints, black mascara and anything that sparkles. She objects to visible panty lines, Crocs and anything that costs more than a car payment. And she doesn't drive a nice car. She can be reached at (727) 893-8857 or 
Since she was a little girl Nicole Hutcheson dreamed of dressing like a Vogue cover girl. But her reality was more JCPenney catalog. The fact only honed her better ability to find luxury for less. Always on the hunt for markdowns on designer labels, this Deal Diva’s weaknesses are good jeans and killer heels. She can be reached at (727) 893-8828 or 
Colleen Jenkins learned two invaluable shopping tenets from her mom: 1. Buy quality. 2. Get it on sale. Then she added one of her own: Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize! This Deal Diva’s idea of a blissful Saturday includes a trip to the Ellenton outlet mall. She loves mixing classic with trendy and cheap Target accessories with her markdown Banana Republic duds. She can be reached at (813) 226-3337 or 
A disciple of the little black dress classics school, Letitia Stein stretches her budget by looking for styles with staying power. She lives for 80 percent off shoes at DSW, floral sundresses and bohemian chic tops. She confesses to being a bit of a snob when it comes to handbags and jewelry. She can be reached at (813) 226-3400 or 
Hi JP, I also buy my shoes online mostly. Because there is wide variety online and also great offers. So why should I bother to go to shop?
Posted by: fitflops | November 11, 2009 at 05:35 AM
I wanted to buy shoes during that deal so badly but my husband is this close to cleaning out my shoe collection :(
Posted by: Amanda | November 09, 2009 at 06:12 PM
Does the cult come with a membership card? I'd settle for additional discounts for frequent buyers!
Posted by: Letitia | November 09, 2009 at 04:03 PM
I would like to try but I have to try shoes on first. My foot size varies depending upon the shoe.
Posted by: Lisa | November 09, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Welcome to the cult. It'll cost you some money, but we promise not to hunt you down like an animal if you need to take a break. ;)
And good call with the shoes.
Posted by: illiterategirl | November 09, 2009 at 03:09 PM
I now buy 90% of my shoes online. Being a small footed woman, it is a must since I can rarely find a size 5 in stock in stores!
Posted by: JP | November 09, 2009 at 09:30 AM