There’s suddenly some kind of little something wrong with the skin of my foot on the outside top near my ankle bone. Something tiny like a splinter or a crack in the skin. I can’t bend right to look at it super-close, but as close as I can get I can’t see nuthin’ the heck wrong. I tried sticking a piece of Scotch tape to the spot and peeling it off in case it was the kind of hair-size splinter you can get out that way, but it didn’t work. 
Also I rubbed a little lotion on it which also didn’t help.
It’s right where the top edge of my shoe hits so I’m sitting here with my shoe in my lap. But I want to go get some coffee from the kitchen. I can’t walk to the office kitchen with one bare foot.
Jeez, it almost feels like I have, like, a fingertip’s worth of sunburn there. Or a sting. What the heck is wrong?
Halp!
You are not a doctor, you are not my doctor, and if you think I’m seriously asking for medical advice you need to get your noggin checked.
That can be what they call an applique injury caused from a shoe rubbing in a certain spot and causing an inflamed nerve. Sometimes it can cause a blister or just what you experience. Try some different shoes or no shoes for awhile. Use slippers or walk in socks in the house. I place a piece of duct tape over the area.
Then again, you might have picked up a burr from the garden that did penetrate the skin and lodge there. A warm water soak for a long time would tend to bring it out in that case.
Use all the tools in your arsenal.
Serious or not, requests for medical advice go in IMHO. I shall move this thither for you.
twickster, MPSIMS moderator
Take a picture of it using the macro setting on your digital camera. You’ll be able to examine it closely that way.
Brilliant! That wouldn’t have occurred to me in a month of Sundays!
But to the OP, if the problem is where I’m envisioning, I often get really rough dry spots in that area (bony spots on my foot, just below the ankle.) Minus other health concerns like diabetes or PAD, I personally don’t get too concerned - just a little extra pumicing and moisturizer. But if you do have other health concerns, I’d have it looked at by a doctor. (Or, if you think it’s a splinter, you might try the carpenter trick: apply glue, like Elmers white or wood glue, let dry, and peel like a facial mask.)