Prince Charming ? Check. Glass Slipper? Check.
What kind of man would select a Christian Louboutin stiletto for his crippled wife’s Valentine gift? It may sound cruel, but my guy really is a Prince Charming. Like Cinderella, I’m only wearing one shoe these days, but not because I lost my glass slipper running out of a royal ball at the Palace Nordeinde as the clock struck midnight.
“I want to run, skate, and wear high heels,” were my last words to the surgeon before an ankle operation last week. The doctor had already promised me running, he appeared surprised by the last minute skating mention, and he flashed a look that told me there would be no stilettos in my future.
On the occasion of Valentine’s Day during my recuperation, Prince Charming thought it would be fun to surprise me with the only Louboutin stiletto I could possibly use. After an extensive search for this extremely limited edition glass slipper, he went to great lengths to have it FedExed from London for an almost fairytale ending to this Cinderella story. No, the FedEx truck did not turn into a pumpkin, but tune in tomorrow to find out which ugly stepsister of e-commerce nearly foiled Prince Charming’s romantic gesture.
Ultimately, Cinderella and Prince Charming sipped Piper-Heidsieck from the glass slipper and of course; lived happily ever after.
The End
Suzy Ogé is an American born business woman living in The Hague, The Netherlands. 