I looked around me today and noted that I was certainly the only one who seems to be barefoot in the rain, and thus decided I must study their footwear to understand why I was alone in my lack of Hoof-Attire. I realised - these other people were wearing shoes. Upon reaching home I took a peek in my 'shoe' cupboard. I discovered many pairs of boots, lots of ridiculous heels, plenty of strappy sandals, an array of flip flops, lots of cheap fabric ballet pumps, one pair of ancient trainers and.... one pair of shoes. Shoes, I would add that were given to me, and thus I don't actually own a pair of shoes that I have bought myself (in case anyone is interested, black brogues, three inch stacked heel). I flatly refuse to wear boots in summer, the ridiculous heels are no good for walking to and from work, sandals & flip flops are impossible for rain-wear and the cheap fabric ballet pumps soak through immediately and then stink forevermore because they are just glorified socks.
Do I hate shoes? Well, yes a lot of shoes lack the ladylike qualities I believe are necessary in footwear, but not all shoes. It's down to my impossible feet. I have purchased many a pair of lovely shoes thinking I was making a sensible purchase for walking, but this was never the case. There was one sparkly pair from Office that had left both feet bleeding before I even made it to the end of the road. The problem is I have very thin skin on my feet, they are ripped at the drop of a hat. I cut my foot in May, for fucks sake, and in still hasn't healed.
So this is my new mission - to find a pair of shoes that do not eat my feet. It's either that or be a Hobbit forever!
