Slippery when wet

Oh, how I detest buying new shoes. A holdover from childhood, when the purchase of new shoes was begat by testiness and invariably followed by days of chaffing and blistering. These days I tend only to buy shoes as a last resort, holding on to my current pair as long as physically possible. Alas, wear and tear finally sundered them in half, leaving me with little other option. I'd examine the long drawn out affair of the actual purchasing process but, truth be told, I more or less walked into the first shoe shop I stumbled across and bought the first pair of shoes that looked like they'd do the job and which didn't seem to fit too badly. Pleasantly, they fitted well, proved perfectly comfortable and I soon gave them little thought

And then the rains came.

It was then, I as was sauntering down the granite paving stones of the Royal Mile that I discovered that my news shows hold absolutely no traction on granite paving stones when wet. Even the cobbles proved no safer. For all the purchase I could find I may as well have been walking on ice. On the one hand this could be seen as a bad thing, since slipping up and cracking ones head on ground would be undignified end to this particular plane of existence. On the other hand... well, suffice it to say that I had a whale of a time skating down the Royal Mile, whizzing past tourists. One nice old lady even gave me a cheer wave as I zipped by her.

Assuming I survive owning them, I'm think I'm going to enjoy these shoes.

Bring on the rain!