my days of wearing high heels are well and truly over, however in my young days i too wore the ridiculous shoes that looked great but hurt like hell,and no that is not why i have problems with my feet now.

Although it is a nice idea karen to ask someone to get me some overseas, with the low NZ dollar it just would not work out really,I am afraid i will have to stick to paying the higher price i guess.
$40 american is about $81 NZ, but with postage etc probably be not much cheaper in the long run, you can pick skechers up at sale for around $99 but not much less here.