Shoes are a great place to hide things.In a shoe? That was a clever place to hide it!
When my wife and I went to Lake George, NY, and that was where I was going to ask her to marry me.
After I asked her to marry me, she told me she went through my things while I was in the shower looking to see if I got a ring and she couldn't find it. I had it hidden inside one of dress shoes I had brought. It never occurred for her to look through them.