Oh gods it's middle age isn't it

[PerArduaAdNauseum]

To be so happy to have a new pair of boots when they don't even have a heel... and are waterproof and good for ice and altogether sensible...

I'm doomed aren't I?

They are really nice cyb but I am all sorted for boots this winter. Bargain though. V. Tempted.

Jynxed - then why on earth do I see them all wearing diarrhoea-tan boots?

And I know it's not fashion. I'm just bewailing embracing middle age...

no kittenish heels here solid as a rock

Ooh, you nearly had me cyb... But £170 is about £130 more than bargainous...

I especially like the fact that they are EUROPEAN MADE not Chinese, Cyb

Ah yes, take your point, not fashionable at all. But I also only wear flats and would take comfort over fashion any day (also middle aged).

I bought some trainers for going out in recently and the teenage sales guy on the till said to me "aw are you just looking for something comfy?"

Did you give him Withering Look? Cheeky hooligan.

Did you shoot him Amanda?

Interesting cross posts

xxSarah Palin

I love them. My niece (aged funky 19) has some.

In fact, I think I may have been tempted to call for his immediate termination of employment

Oh I say Maisie!

Too much, perhaps?

Well, I'm just the shy and retiring type so I couldn't possibly comment

Actually, in RL I'm more likely to have bumbled some witty reply, but on here I prefer to imagine that I am a confident, assertive 42 year old who can take out young whippersnappers with the raise of an eyebrow

Now I'm picturing an eyebrow in the shape of Indiana Jones' whip

That's a shape that I don't suppose the threading lady is asked for on a regular basis!

And probably a sign I should head to bed! Nanight.

Night night!

By the time I'd realised the import of what he'd said, I was already in M&S picking up some thermal vests. How I tutted!

Maisie, if you want rigger boots there are a few brands that go down to a size 3 or 4. Sadly they aren't so classy (but useful if you would rather not risk crushing your feet). Grafters definitely make a small size.

The advantage mind you (as per Jynxed) is that I've never found them heavy & wear them a lot, must be because of being so much smaller.

Even before I clicked on the rigger boots, I was thinking, I bet they're like furry Blunstones, the peerless Aussies workboot.

And they were. Very nice.

Oh, I am middle-aged.