Shoes, Shoes

I can't believe it. After assuming that I had the correct shoe size all this while, I find myself wearing shoes a full size smaller than I had some years back. While I don't think I've actually shrunk, this is a strange implication that I may have been wearing oversized shoes all this while. I always thought the rule of thumb (or index finger) was that one should have a finger's clearance after putting on the shoe. It didn't really occur to me that that was really for when one wasn't wearing thick socks. Seriously whoa. Looks like I can wear smaller shoes after all. Well, that, or I've actually shrunk.