I need some new shoes. The ones I have are completely dead - I’ve worn them pretty much every day since I bought them, and the heels have disintegrated such that the sole of the heel has been pushed up into the heel part (which is hollow), so there’s a narrow, horizontal gap at the edge of each heel. Unfortunately, this gap is big enough to allow a stone to get into, but not for it to get out. So I’ve got a stone stuck in each heel, which means I’m rattling as I walk along. It’s driving me bonkers.

Fortunately, I have an intelligent husband who came up with the solution of putting some glue in each heel, so that the stones stick to the glue and don’t rattle around. So I was in his office, and he was gluing one shoe, and then I held up my foot for him to undo the zipper on my other shoe. When he reached to unzip it, I was thinking that it might look a bit suss if someone were to walk in at that moment, when of course someone walked in. Fortunately it wasn’t the worst person who could have seen it :)

So now I’m sitting at my desk with no shoes on, waiting for them to dry, hoping that M will bring me a cup of tea because I’m too embarrassed to walk to the kitchen barefoot to get one myself. Plus, I can’t be bothered explaining to people why I’m not wearing any shoes.