These Shoes Weren't Made for Walking

I have yet to afford winter shoes, ie shoes that aren't half-open to rain and wind and dust and all the other stuff you find when you have to walk to work every day. I'm hoping to get a pair in Australia...

However, the last time it rained I tried walking to work in my "usual" shoes, made of a sole section and a strip over the top of the foot, comfy but cold. By the time I'd gotten out the gate I was slipping all over them in the wet. Uphill was a disaster...!

This morning I put on my thinking cap and traipsed down the hill in takkies (sneakers, trainers - whatever you call them on your end of the planet). Work shoes in bag, umbrella over head. MUCH better.

Well, now it's raining again, and time to head home. I don't plan on slipping up the hill! So off with the fancy shoes, on with the takkies (check for hidden crickets first - they're still hanging around). Wish I could keep them on all day, but I don't think the bosses would like it....