Fun Monday # 103 Winter Warmers

Our hostess this week is Gattina.

She is very brave as she wants to see what we wear on our feet. I cannot bring myself to show you the tatty old indoor shoes I wear in the winter. I vowed to replace them this year but haven't seen anything I particularly like.

As you may know it's been very cold here in the UK this year so I've worn thick socks inside my old shoes to keep my tootsies warm. I have these blue fluffy socks and a purple pair.
In the evenings I sometimes wear my bed socks. Now what you can't see in the picture, below, are the holes in the bottom (they are nearly 30 years old so I can't complain)-if anyone has a simple knitting pattern for bed socks that they would like to share I would be very grateful.
The other socks that I find useful for home wearing are the free flight socks that I have collected over the years (most of these are from Virgin or BA flights but now I think they may have stopped giving them out). They are very colourful and surprisingly cosy.

Well that about it for me.......Ok I know you are curious so I'll let you peep..The white splodges are paint. You can be a rude as you like I know they need throwing out.

I'll be around later to see what the best dressed feet wear!

Archives:
2008: Carrot & Honey Cake & Award
2007: Recycling

Award and Shoes

forgotThe nekked lizard's decided I deserved a little reward for being a
This is already proudly displayed in my gallery. Although it's not always easy, I do usually, find something to 'show or tell'.............

I also saw this over at the nekked lizard's place and being me I had to have a go!

You Are Flip Flops

You are laid back and very friendly. Cheery and sunny in disposition, you usually have something to smile about. Style is important to you, as long as you can stay casual. It takes a lot to get you to dress up! You are a loyal and true person, though you can be a bit of a flake. You tend to "play hooky" and blow off responsibilities a lot more than most people. You should live: By the beach You should work: At a casual up and coming company

What Kind of Shoe Are You?

P.S. I nearly forgot British Summer Time started today three cheers~ hip hip hooray :)
Archives:
2007: Spain cont.

Now here's a challenge

Anyone who read yesterday's post will know that today I was going to be ruthless when sorting my shoes. There are no prizes but my challenge (for anyone with nothing better to do) is to guess how many pairs of shoes I unearthed and it won't do any good to count from this photo as I could not get them all in the shot.

Oh dear, when it came to the crunch I wasn't at all ruthless and only managed to find eleven pairs that I really wanted to part with, but it is nevertheless quite satisfying to have all my shoes nicely boxed and stored (so tidy I won't be able to find what I'm looking for in a hurry). However as the Blue Peter Appeal does not finish for a few months I will probably part with more come the spring particularly as there are quite a few pairs of sandals I may not wear again.

Blue Peter Shoe Appeal

Having said I intended to start my Spring cleaning early (one of my New year resolutions) I decided to start today. Most of the day was spent on my mother's bedroom but I did have a peep into the wardrobe where I keep lots of my shoes and I wish I hadn't. Now I'm not exactly Imelda Marcus and can't match her 1,220 pairs, but I do seem to have accumulated a lot of shoes over the years. Some are no longer fashionable but I have kept them just in case, returning the boxes to the cupboard as they seem too good to throw out. A few pairs did find their way into the recycling box but I have now found a very good reason to be ruthless for the Blue Peter shoe appeal. Sam and Beccy always used to watch Blue Peter as children and I believe my grandchildren have watched it but I'm not sure if they still do. So my mission tomorrow is to sort my shoes and see how many pairs are going to the appeal. Why don't you join me??

I am somewhat ashamed of the way I threw all the summer shoes into the cupboard when I returned from holiday but I will post the picture anyway as an added incentive to get sorting. I'll let you know how I get on tomorrow.