Woeful toes

Oh dear! What will I do now? I'm heading off to the States on Friday and will be there almost three weeks and now I'm not sure which shoes to carry along.

Doesn't sound like much of a problem, you say.

But you don't know my tale of woe.

I had everything carefully prepared in my mind. I will wear my comfy newish shoes that work really well with my capris. I expect to do a lot of walking and both comfort and style are important to me. I have been wearing these shoes for weeks on and off and -- after one painful afternoon breaking them in -- they have not failed to be good to my feet.

But today I took a short walk into town on a picture taking adventure and hobbled home with toes on both feet burning with pain. Angry red spots are there now. How could my shoes do this to me? Clearly, this problem must be resolved by Thursday. -M