Christmas toes
No.
Not my underpants.
My son gave me a pair of minimalist footwear for Christmas.
Footwear with bling.
shoes
Hello from way up here! Up here in the stratosphere!
Aren’t these shoes great. Okay I know they are probably not to everyone’s taste… Groover and Dippity don’t like them… but I think they are fab.
I haven’t bought a pair of shoes for AGES so I’m very excited.
And they weren’t too expensive. 
Can’t run in them though…
It has come I’m afraid to look closely in the mirror (not not the one that makes you look thin girl – and we all have one of them) and assess the fitness situation.
And maybe the weight situation.
I’ve been a blobby lardy arse for more than a year now and it shows.
My faithful black pants that have been with me through thick and thin are now too small. That’s a bad sign. I’m a d-cup. And while Groover seems to appreciate them – that is also a bad sign.
But you know I could put up with that.
What I can’t have, simply can. not. have, is Groover being the fit and healthy one in the relationship.
The “my-body-is-a-temple-that’s-temple-of-doom-people” Groover. Who had the same pair of running shoes for 15 years before they wore out. Who doesn’t eat fruit. Or salad.
Groover has been getting up at Sparrow’s Fart and walking – at a very brisk pace – for an hour in the morning and sometimes in the evening as well. (he says it’s the new sandshoes)
He’s been eating fruit for breakfast.
And having seconds of salad at dinner.
And this evening – he asked if I’d like to go walking with him?!
Well! The nerve of this upstart fit person!!
Who is he, to condescend to ask me, a person who has done three detoxes and joined several gyms (for a while), to go walking. Pfft!
But you know, I think I might.
I nearly had to throw my ugg boots out.
Yes it is true. They were so munted, so split, that I couldn’t walk in them and besides all that cold air getting in kind of defeated the purpose.
Now I’m not an advocate of wearing ugg boots outside – they are NOT a fashion statement. They are a very comfortable and warm addition to my wardrobe and I can’t do without them. In fact I’m planning on getting some new ones at the Perth Royal Show. I bought some for Groover a couple of years ago and they are a much more sturdy make. But the show is still some weeks off and my tootsies were chilled.
I was desperate.
So before you throw your well loved uggys out… try this:
Find a knee-hi stocking. You might not own one but they are very cheap.
Stretch stocking over sad ugg boot.
Problem solved.
Of course, you’ll still be wearing ugg boots but as I said, ugg boots have their place.
Aren’t they fabulous! My gorgeous new shoes to be worn for the first time tomorrow night.
For fashionistas out there – they are SASS by Sachi – and they feature satin, lace and beading from Italy as well as an embedded Swarovski crystall chain detail.
I didn’t realise that when I bought them. I just liked them. The heels are killer but hey – fashion is pain my friends. Although as it will be wet tomorrow night I will be wearing sandshoes to the event and will change into these when I get there. I don’t want the satin to get muddy. On the way home from the shops I got them out of their box and stroked them…
My precious…
I’ve been getting some interesting gifts left on my doorstep… the other day I came home to find a copy of The Bad Mother’s Handbook by Kate Long sitting quietly by the front door.
My first thought was “Which of my fellow bad mothers has left this book!” Then I admit for a second I thought – “OMG – is a caring neighbour trying to tell me something!!”
In fact it was a fellow bad mother’s mother who left me the book. And thank you… I think. 
And today the shoe fairy paid a visit. I love them. Thank you… xxx
