text: I said they were somewhat large though I didn't think so when I first tried them on. I didn't know what the problem was but the arch that is built into the shoe was putting a lot of pressure right behind the ball of my foot. It caused redness and I feared in time I'd have a callous, but I thought they were cute and pressed on.<br /><br />I discovered that the shoe was actually too long belatedly because I can slide my foot all the way close to the end of the shoe, but as I walk my foot seems to slip back about an inch from the end of the shoe. It might be because I have a high instep, but the shoes seemed to stretch out rather easily as I wore them around the house and didn't feel tight across my instep. No blisters or anything and I thought I could put up with it if I just used them as slippers around the house. But then my foot started aching and I suspected it was because the high and hard built-in arch in the shoe hit me in the wrong place, forcing my foot to bend in the wrong place. When I stopped wearing the shoes the pain went away.<br /><br />Not an empirical study, but I don't keep them on long now just in case, and I'll probably replace them with something else even for around the house. Probably a 7 1/2 would have been better, but they don't seem to come in half sizes.<br /><br />Having said all that, they are cute shoes and a good price. Worth a shot I think if you take an even size. If the arch feels comfortable to you, then you've probably got a winner.