so, against rachel's best attempts at disabling, i ended up doing some retail therapy, which involved a bunch of things that will go to the store, and this glorious footwear:
As Eda put it, the "pink cowboy boots Barbie would wear right as she finds Ken with his lips around another cowpoke's schlong..." If possible, they are pinker in real life. They also cost 1000 yen. Of course I kept them.
Of course, everyone I showed them to has uniformly had a reaction of "what the shit, why would anyone buy that"--except for Japanese girls, who have all been "they're so cute~~♪" You be the judge of what this means about Japanese fashion...