This is a cheese shoe shop, isn't it?

Black 8" boots, no zippers. Size 13, possibly 13W. That doesn't sound very difficult, does it? I don't even need them to be oil resistant and steel toed this time, surely that should open the possibilities. K-Mart's bloody useless ... they had maybe three boots and/or shoes that were even my size and they were a hideous color. Sears was a bit better since at least they had some in my size ... ones that I actually liked, but wearing "Harley Davidson" boots in Wisconsin when you don't ride really doesn't seem like a good idea. But hey, Rogan's Shoes ... they make a point of the fact that they have Wolverine and other boots ... surely they'd have something, right?

Yeah, you'd think so, but apparently not. They had exactly two pairs of boots that fit the above description ... one of which is the brand and style where two zippers in a row have broken on me. ("Oh yeah, we've had a lot of returns on those ... lots of zipper problems.") and the other were marked as 13 Regular, but I could barely get my foot into them and couldn't lace them up.

Gah. I'll stop off at one of the other local shoe stores after PT on Tuesday. If that doesn't work, I'll have to see how well I can salvage the pair I have now. They're mostly gouged up a bit for some odd reason. You'd think I wore them to work in or something. (At least they're still comfortable.)