Shiny Shoes

...and warm feet

No flying today, with a heavy covering of grey cloud and drizzle falling as I drove in this morning. However I am enjoying the luxury of dry shoes and warm feet for a change.

My shoes have been becoming increasingly hydrophyllic meaning my morning sojourns end up with wet shoes and damp socks steaming in the foot-wells of the car under a draft of warm air.

So I took the unprecedented step this morning of polishing them. Not that I am bothered about their appearance; actually I had come to like their well-worn and, of late, rather mud-smeared appearance. On the contrary, I felt the shiny apparitions adorning my feet this morning as I walked into work looked decidedly unnatural and more than a little alarming.

Nevertheless, I am enjoying the luxury of well tended feet as compensation for the weather. However I got the feeling that the Phoenix, lying neglected in the car, was feeling a little left out...