Yes, that says 100,000 pairs of shoes. That’s a heck of a lotta shoes, and they’re cheap as hell at Army & Navy beginning April 16 at 8am for their annual shoe sale. With brands like Steve Madden, Zara, Bebe, Panke, Oscar and more, there will be tons of selection and they’ll be putting out new items every day throughout the sale, which lasts until April 27th. Most pairs run between $20-40.

Army & Navy is one of those gems that carries a few hidden treasures; you can score good quality shoes marked down to extremely low prices…but often they’re just cheap cheapies that have me repeating the “no pain no gain” lie 3 metres outside of my apartment in an effort to stifle the blisters, which is hardly worth it. I would recommend getting there early and getting your hands on the good stuff to avoid suffering the latter fate.

I have my eyes on a pair of Bebe heels and Seychelles heels, so we’ll see what’s in stock tomorrow. View the flyer here.

**Update: What to expect…

It was sheer madness when I went to Army & Navy today.  There were shoes everywhere, shoppers’ baskets were filled to the brim, children were crying for their absent mothers, and mounds of unwanted shoes piled up by the benches were being picked through like leftover scraps.  It was like a bomb exploded, but instead of shrapnel there were shoes.  Utter chaos.  I felt sorry for the staff! I heard there were 200 people there at 8am this morning. The photo above was taken after the lunch hour rush.

Prices were good, about $25-40 for most decent pairs of shoes.  Pretty much what you could find any day of the week at Winners.  The hardest bit was finding your size, because although there were sorted shelves most of the shoes were on the floor, scattered throughout the basement.  And yes, they were literally bringing out unopened boxes of shoes throughout it all, so there should be plenty left this week!