Pretty in Pumps

Whilst my last blog was not that long ago, after a fabulous weekend.. it's hard not to share. Whilst my shoes and I stayed at home this weekend, we did have some guests to stay.. a friend of mine in peach pumps and her usual ( and fabulous) Mulberry holdall full of girlie goodies.. I have made my intentions to steal said Mulberry very clear. As peach pumps fled the beautiful south a while ago, we like to see the local sights when she visits.. so off to Arundel we went..shopping for vintage finds and lunch at the Black Rabbit (<3). If any of you readers have never visited the Black Rabbit.. you NEED to do so quickly. The view, too pretty not to share, is one of my favourite south coast views.. and the food helps too!

Our ballet footwear also took us to many second hand clothing/furniture shops over the weekend searching for rare finds and 'project' furniture.. our favourite shopping treat. During our hours of searching we did bag some fabulous bargains and treated ourselves further on a huge-large lunch. During our Sunday adventure we stopped off at Southsea sea-front to let our toes breath some fresh sea air.. you can see they enjoyed the view.

Whilst always too short, a weekend with fabulous friends is always the best kind of weekend. It's also one of my favourite things.. along with Indian food and beautiful peep-toe shoes. Whilst writing I realise that a lot of my favourite things are largely inexpensive (Ok.. excluding good shoes) or free. Talking with friends, beautiful views, browsing for bargains and breathing in salty sea air are among my elite of feel-goods.. all of which are largely available completely free.. isn't that just magic.

When planning activities for this weekend readers, don't be down about lack of funds or friends being too far away to share a bottle of wine with.. there's always a way of getting what you want out of life.. and some times the best things in life are free :)

 So... the rain finally appears to have let up for a while (however short) and my toes have loved all of the fresh air they have been getting in my flip flops. After many years of purchasing plastic/rubber flip flops I have finally admitted my feet's' limitations and their total intolerance towards anything other than fabric between the toes.. hence why my favourite black flip flops were £4 from Matalan. Oh how I long to be able to wear a gorgeous pair of Havianas (Possibly in 30 odd colours) but alas its not to be.. sometimes my toes' cheap taste lets me down!

Since my last blog, my feet have mainly been travelling locally and taking me out for dinners and to catch up with friends.. you don't always need fabulous shoes to have a fabulous time. The picture of Portsmouth Harbour was taken from a pub window on fathers day.. the food wasn't up to much but the view is just perfect. Even on a grey and rainy day I love this view.. so many people to watch from the most comfortable of watch-towers.

My feet have also taken me visiting many lovely friends, some of which with lovely doggy pals. Jarvis has the most fashionable of feet, polkadot! As he is still just a little pup he was forgiven for chewing one of my favourite jumpers (but only just!).. he also has the most adorable tail wag. He wags his whole body with his tail and even his nose and legs are moving about when he is excited.. as you can imagine he falls over a lot. 

I also paid a visit to an old friend, Kai, who whilst being very photogenic is also very nosey! Whilst posing beautifully for a doggy paw picture his curiosity got the better of him and he could resist giving the camera a big sniff.. although if you look very closely you can see his cute little white paws.

The next few weeks have little journeys planned for me but I hope to be reunited with my Norfolk Wellies in July.. I do miss them. Although sometimes life feels as though its standing still for a while, its just lovely
            when your favourite people are walking in and out of it. A very busy
schedule has left me feeling afloat from some of those which I feel I 
should be tightly bound too, luckily for me such beauts are following their shoes to me soon for a well needed reunion. This week has also seen the pitter-patter of brand new baby footsteps for a very close friend of mine, who history has shown us makes beautiful babies. I am hoping to welcome the new arrival soon with a squeeze and possibly even a tiny toes picture :) . 

For now I must indulge in some quality time with my knitting, which is speedily becoming my new favourite hobby.. Happy weekend y'all.

Curse you Converse


Well this week started off very uneventful for me and my shoes. After a brief reappearance of the winter boots my tootsies have spent the rest of the week in my trusty white Converse, they're a compromise between summer feet and this bloody awful weather currently. My white converse are the fourth baby added to my Converse family but the most uncomfortable for some reason.. today was the last straw. After the lay in and long lounge about in bed, my turquoise toes fancied some exercise so off we skipped in my trusty white Converse to the library. Our journey was eventful, whilst gesticulating during a hip/trendy/cool song (Okay, so maybe it was 'She Wolf' by Shakira), I managed to sting my pinkie on some nettles (D'oh!). Once I got to the library I realised my feet were stinging a little but ignored this as the library is one of my very favourite places. The walk home however, I became VERY aware of my stingy feet and later at work I noticed 7 giant blisters from my beloved Converse. This is the final straw for these bloody shoes.. I've tried to reason with them but clearly they don't take bribes or bungs..

One pair of size 5 white Converse available to a loving new owner!


So now I'm going to have to replace the shoes which will no longer be mentioned (as my feet are still stinging!) but which to go for? Do I opt for some trendy Vans etc or do I just buy a cheap pair, keep my feet happy and just replace them when they get dirty? Decisions Decisions. Any advice please pass it on and any feet/shoe pictures.. share them too!

So.. a new hobby has been born.. blogging. What started as a "wouldn't it be funny if.." appears to have become a reality and yes you've guessed it.. there's a shoe theme right? Right. "Wouldn't it be funny if I started a blog of my Norfolk wellies and where I'd taken them?" This may have much to do with my obsession of photographing my feet at the beach, I am unsure when this obsession started and why but I have lots of foot-pictures. and so this blog will serve to tell the story of my wellies, or shoes, or maybe even just feet and where they have taken me this week.. I'm also hoping to have 'guest' feet so when your shoes have a story to tell or have taken you somewhere fun, photograph them and share their story :) .

This week my shoes took me to Norfolk (Flip flops naturally, its June). Amongst accompanying me shopping, to several lunch engagements and providing support during endless Jubilee celebrations (too many, right?) my wellies took me to Winterton beach. Sadly unlike previous visits, the beach was being shared by many other pairs of footwear and many wet doggies, but the sun was shining and there were Jellyfish to save (11!). I know for many, a trip to the beach would be a flip flop occasion but I am a big fan of the freedom wellies provide. Stomping and splashing about NEVER leads to wet or ruined shoes when in wellies.. what could be better? Especially since my last trip to Winterton lead to the sad demise of my favourite navy Converse (rest in shoe heaven).

Whilst my wellies loved their trip to Winterton, they also enjoyed many other walks around Norfolk, including a trip to the duck pond.. I can suggest wellies as the perfect footwear for a duck pond trip.. trampling is inevitable! Few of my Norfolk walks are alone and some walks are accompanied by little white doggy feet.. whilst doggies have no need for shoes, they are still incredibly cute.

For now, I've left my Norfolk wellies behind and am back in not-so-sunny Portsmouth where I fear the flip flops are going away for a while and we may even see a reappearance of the winter boots. Any interesting things my feet get up to this week I'll be sure to photograph and please feel free to contribute any shoe stories..