Posted August 9, 2005
Good idea: scoring cowboy boots and designer stilettos at the same sale. Bad idea: breaking in both pairs of shoes at the same time. My feet are cut, scraped, cracked, and usually bleeding by nighttime—right when I'm ready to go out and dance. To help ease the pain, I’m using these new Band-Aids, filled with antibiotic to treat nasty blisters and cushy to shield my feet from digging straps and scraping leather. These things are lifesavers, and the proof is that I’m still standing.

$5.47 at Duane Reade, multiple locations, duanereade.com.

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