My sympathies to you. Last time I looked for shoes, I went to a local running store and had to convince them what width I needed by putting the shoes on my feet. I was willing to start from scratch and figure out what I was doing wrong, since I had yet to find the perfect pair of shoes for me. It really feels like a lottery - there are so many shoes, so many companies make them, there are so many different styles... I always got suggested neutral or stability shoes and had yet to find the magical pair. Not to mention, one year to the next the shoes aren't quite the same and you start over. It's not a cheap venture, either, and if you have odd sized feet, they don't stock anything, so you can't bring them back and exchange them.

Good luck, I really hope you find the match. I was talking to a couple of people at the conference I attended this week about shoes, one guy had worked through Asics and made it to a pair of Mizunos that he just loves (we both agreed that he just got lucky ), the other guy had yet to find the perfect shoes, was sick of trying, and wanted to try running barefoot/minimal.

I wish there was a more scientific way to match people to shoes. Measure this, take a few steps, crunch some numbers, DING! You should be wearing....