I need to file a police report. I was walking down the street, minding my own business when all of a sudden, as I passed a store window, I was mugged. Yup, robbed right there in bright daylight. A pair of Dior platforms demanded I give that store all my money -- what could I do? I was helpless. (In situations like these, you shouldn’t resist, you don’t want to anger the perpetrator and you could get hurt.) I didn’t scream -- until I got home, when I put my new shoes on and ran around the house. I’m not a shopaholic, I’m a victim. I have an illness, Carrie Bradshaw-itis.

Instead of hiring a hand slapping financial planner, I’m hiring a fashion fairy godmother. A new service, Cinderella Me, loans out gasp-worthy designer shoes for a fraction of their retail price. Yes, as in most fairy tales, there’s a catch, the shoes don’t have to be home by midnight, but it’s just as restrictive. The company is based in the UK -- those limey tootsies have all the luck.

Cinderella Me is still worth a look, with dozens of Jimmy Choos, Christian Louboutins and other designer heels they send out from their storage bank each week. The process is simple. England's smartest become members of site, then they choose the shoes I've been coveting: classic black Louboutin sky-high £65 per week, bondage-style buckled Choos £60 per week, fuchsia McQueen peep-toes £50 per week. Yes, I know the prices are in Euros, but I can’t do math, so you’ll have to figure out the prices in dollars yourself. I just know they’re a heck of a lot cheaper than buying.

I’m grateful for Cinderella Me because it’s the cure to my debilitating shoe related illness. One day when they ship to the US, I’ll rent the shoes I want for seven days (shhhhh, I hear I can negotiate a cheaper second week rate with website owner Alexandra Hones) and Cinderella Me will satisfy my Louboutin fix -- until I have to give them back. And when I finally have to return them, I may shed a tear, until the Fed Ex man arrives with my next pair. After all, the best way to get over an addiction, is to find a new one.

That’s why I’m grateful for Cinderella Me.