bigballsbilly, nowadays no major SE gives meta tags any ranking influence.
If you do some research you'll find many top ranking sites that have no meta description nor keywords tags.
i did a quick one, searched google for: blue shoes.
the first result links to:
www.uglydress.com/giantblueshoes.html
and guess what? RIGHT :-) NO META TAGS
It is much more important to focus on error free html code, link popualrity, PR and selling tactics..
Good Luck