went to 3 shops today. first shop's smallest size was 43. second shop was so flustered, had only mountain shoes in my size but looked into ordering some. i asked to look at a catalog so i could get an idea of what shoes i wanted them to order. no catalog, so they looked stuff up on google. 15 minutes later their supplier wouldn't have my size until next week maybe.

third shop sold me 200 dollar shoes, specialized expert road. a bit more than i wanted to spend but i liked the boa system and i finally found a shoe that fit me. we'll see if i end up keeping them or not. i get buyer's remorse when i buy stuff that costs too much.