@katherineroberts.007: These are my new shoes! First time putting them on! I need to shape them to my foot, but I like to let my feet do the work a little before I bend them! I had a rough night at the gym and only stretched but had a paralysis episode. My friend came five minutes later and left me in that position. I locked my foot underneath the foot thing and had one foot up and one leg down so I was in a horrible split position forever. My friend helped me, two people helped too, and the assistant manager knew what it was🙂! They were going to make me sign an incident report and he said I think it’s unfair for you to do that, I said a agreed but wasn’t going to argue because I never do anything unsafe or to put them or myself at risk or come alone. I asked him if he would explain it and he said he would. I was so grateful. So I was up from the fight or flight and thought trying on my new shoes would cheer me up. Oh one more thing, the internet says I’m 45 and it’s wrong. I am not 45 haha. Let’s just get that straight. I am 40 years old and have been doing ballet for five years.