I am running into the same problem as I'm trying on sandals - many times they are plenty long but are too tight in the toe area so I size up. When I size up, they look too long with almost an inch of shoe going beyond the toe. Prior to sizing up, my toe area is squeezed so my heel comes off the back making me think 'oh, I need to size up' when in reality of the toe area of the sandal fit properly my foot would comfortably slide foward and it would all work (in theory)

So....do you think I can have sandals stretched in the toe area to make them work?

Thanks!