Wayne D's Blog

I know you are all dying to find out what happened in my search for shoes. No need to wait any longer. My quest was actuallyu completed last Monday evening but I've been too busy to let you know of the outcome of my quest. Last Monday evening I girded my loins and headed off to Vaughan Mills the mega mall located close to where I work. I arrived at about 6:15 p.m. and about two hours and nine shoe stores later I left with a new pair of black Sketcher running shoes. Before making my selection I visited Foot Locker and found that the same Timberland shoes I had found at Hillcrest and coveted so were also only available up to size 10.5 there too. The Timberland store had a similar style but they weren't close enough to satisfy me. I tried on a pair of shoes at Ecco but the toes were a little too wide, found a pair that almost satified my requirements in Town Shoe Outlet but the toes were too shiny. Also visited were Sketchers, Soft Moc, Nike and Reebok stores.


I finally ended up at Shoe Factory where I almost bought a pair of shoes, the brand name of which escape me.  They looked nice on the shelf but when I tried them on there was no way I could get my feet into them even though they were supposed to be size 12. There were no size 13's available in that style of course. After trying on a pair of Nike Airs I settled on a pair of black leather shoes with a retro sneaker look. Picture of new shoes above, old shoes below. Click on the picture for a bigger version.