Eight years ago I bought size 9.5 shoes and they fit me well. They still do - I'm wearing some right now. But recently
I went shoe shopping and discovered that in 2008 I'm most comfortable wearing size 10.5.
lockalsh thinks I might even need an 11 for running.
I am convinced that the inflation crisis has been spreading to shoe sizes. If the central shoemakers don't do something drastic we'll end up in
hyper-shoe-inflation and I'll end up buying sizes formerly found only on clown shoes.
Side note: I still wear a European 43, which proves that the euro is a good hedge against inflation.