Lovely!
First of all, Zappos is awesome for the shipping upgrade - my 3pm Thursday order arrived at 10am the next day, which also happened to be my birthday. So thanks for the gift, Zappos! As for the shoe, I got tons of compliments on it straight away! Given the height, it was surprisingly manageable, and your feet really are held in place by the straps. This is also probably my first pair of high,
high heels where there aren't vast, yawning chasms between the footbed and my high arches. I will say though that this probably isn't the best shoe for wide feet (you'll really feel it when you walk down hills); and if the brown version looks a little magenta on your screen, in person, it's actually a regular brown. But it's still lovely!