I'm not sure why I feel compelled to bring this up...

...but this week, while finally getting around to doing some semblance of cleaning, noticed (not for the first time) that I almost always seem to have somewhere in the range of 8 to 10 pairs of shoes out at all times.

I seem to have an inordinate number of shoes for a guy. Especially a straight one. I do like shoes, and like to have the right ones for every occasion or event.

In fact, there used to be a cool shoe store in Kingston. It's now long gone, but I really don't care since I don't live there anymore. I don't know if it has been replaced, but that doesn't matter. There was a time when every trip downtown Melissa and I ever made would require a drop in there. When she lived at Brock and Division, we became regulars (it was near the movie theater). It actually got to the point where she called me once because there was a sale on. We both dropped more than our fair share of money there, but both being without car, there was nowhere else within reason to get any vague semblance of decent footwear.

Somehow I feel the need to reiterate that I'm straight.