Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

I am finally the proud owner of a pair of wellies. Not just boots, but something warm and cosy that flaunts the claim to be entirely waterproof. For me, this is no mean feat…

You could say I’ve gone the whole hog…I now own more shoes, in more differing styles, than at any other point in my life. Where I have almost always been limited to two… one pair of warm boots or seasonal sandals and one pair of heels, I now boast several pairs.

My lack of appropriate footwear has become something of a standing joke over the past few years as I have squelched my way through mud in permeable suede or peep toes and paddled through puddles in lace slippers. Most of the time, it is not that I do not possess the correct article of podiatric apparel, it is merely that I and it tend to…