Shoe Confidential

The Scene: a HOT summer's day, July 2006, in a suburban strip mall: a table of "clearance" shoes. The shoes are piled high like some sort of podiatry land fill.

The Protagonist: your humble blogger, of course, shoe size: 13.

The Purchase: for $20, steel toed, size 13, waterproof winter boots (its 95degrees outside after all).

This will forever be known as the greatest shoe bargain ever found. Size 13s are rare and this "out of season" score belongs in the shoe shopping hall of fame.