You want to talk ginormous...I had been in men's 8.5 extra wide shoes for running. After orthotics, and after starting to run more structured workouts, I started getting the dreaded Purple Toenail.

I went from men's 8.5 (which kind of sounds civilized) to womens 11.

11. It really gets no worse. It's not petite or delicate or even cute.

The truly scary thing is I haven't worn any of my really great girl shoes for a while. I am casual at work and if I'm not there, I'm comfy. I wore some shoes today that I haven't worn for a while and I think my feet are growing sideways.

It's a scary freak of nature thing. I always thought shoes were loyal and true and weren't dependent on what you ate. I thought they were slimming. I hate to envision a life of sturdiness and practical shoes but the day might be coming.

Age. Grrrrr.