When we were in Australia, just before the storms hit South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales (where we stayed) we decided to go to Brisbane for the day. After all, you can´t travel half-way around the planet and not go and see a major Australian city that´s about an hour-and-a-half away from where you´re staying can you?
Anyway. Brisbane was lovely. A really nice city. Lots of designer shopping opportunities, although we hadn´t gone there to shop.
The only problem was that my baseball boots were really killing my feet. Probably due to the heat, because they are old baseball boots and don´t normally give me grief.
So we decided that the only solution to our continued enjoyment of the day was for me to acquire a pair of cheap, comfy flat shoes. Oh Patient One ensconced me and my sore feet in a sidewalk cafe, and went off in search of a reasonably priced shoe shop.
Well, everywhere was designer-price this, and exclusive expensive that, and where was Payless when you needed it? (We saw a Payless store in Melbourne so assumed that there´d be one in Brisbane.)
Finally, after much trudging around on Oh Patient One´s part, he found a Target store in a mall. Yes! I love Target. I miss Target. Target can always be relied on to deliver whatever it is you´re looking for at an affordable price. Plus, the sizes were all American, so I knew exactly where I stood, metaphorially speaking.
Target didn´t let me down. I got a comfy pair of flats for twenty Australian dollars.:)