Shoes get smaller, while Clothes get bigger.

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Has anyone else noticed that shoes, in certain stores at least, seem to be getting smaller. I will be 26 next week and I haven't grown since I was 12, and I am not pregnant, nor have I gained any significant amount of weight. Due to this I feel quite confidant that my feet are not increaseing in size, that and all my old shoe still fit. But now when I go to Walmart or wherever I am finding myself haveing to buy a size larger, or being unable to find anything that fits, if half sizes are not available. At the same time I am also noticeing that although I am actually bigger now that I was a few years ago, again being determined by clothing that I bought some time ago, and by the scale, I am actually needing a smaller size in pants. Which leads me to believe that clothes are getting bigger. This really annoys me because I am rather small and short as well so some brands that only go as low as size 4-5 are no longer making anything that fits me at all. Has anyone else noticed this trend? As much as it annoys me I understand that the clothes are getting bigger to make people feel smaller so they will feel better about themselves and resultingly buy more clothes. But what is up with the shoes? Do they think we want to feel like we have big feet? I know I don't.