Hmmm, boots. Those are almost just like the ones I wear with my velvet dresses when I go out to the goth club (even though I haven't been in quite a while). If they have too much of a curve to the heel they look strange to me, but this shape for Victorian boots is very appealing to me, AND they provide some of the best ankle support I've ever had in a shoe. I can go quite a long time wearing those before the balls of my feet start to hurt. (They don't pass the easy-off-while-being-attacked test, though.)
I actually wrote this out for someone recently, so I'll just copy it here:
Funny story I heard once (I think from a comedian). A guy is talking about how he's having the worst day known to man. He wakes up late, the hot water runs out while he's taking a shower, his toast is burned, the car won't start, he spills his coffee, there's a surprise meeting at work, lunch tastes horrible, he has to work an extra hour after his shift, and the traffic takes him 4 times longer to get home than usual. He comes home, and there's his wife, sitting on the couch wearing a pair of sweatpants and one of his button down shirts, with her hair frazzled, watching TV - and it is the sexiest thing he has ever seen in the world.