We are around the same height
Matt C is 5’8 and a half in the evening, and 5’9 and a quarter in the morning, with shoes he’s 5’9 and a half or three quarters
Yes!!!

Great post!
With a plush/comfort shoe insert [not designed to add height even though it being there does] + a chunky heel [just your normal shoe with a heel a wee bit thicker than average] + my Justin Trudeau bouffant hairdo = I can look around 5'9.5".

I don't want to cheat too much when out in public [as the shoes eventually have to come off], but if I can look like I'm a weak 5'10", rather than a weak 5'9", I'll select the weak 5'10".

I would not want to do anything that makes me look to be two inches taller than I am, since that would be too much cheating, IMO.
But I'll take that extra inch.
