31.   It takes me months to get around to buying shoes, for example.

32.   My wife teases me about it now because I buy so many shoes.

33.   Of course, the same thing happens when I buy shoes.

34.   On the top floor a stylish thirtysomething French couple buy sensible shoes for their toddler.

35.   Older folks should have their feet measured each time they buy shoes.

36.   Or should they buy shoes so that the children will not get hookworms?

37.   People like Mary Buffalo, who used the donations to clothe Amanda all year and only recently had to buy additional shoes.

38.   She and her roommate, Irina Bobb, celebrated by buying new shoes.

39.   The definition of empowerment, for Nike officials, depends on whether the woman is buying their shoes or making them.

40.   The money bought basketball shoes, travel bags, uniforms and balls.