Tag: Think!

Summer sandals

I might have splashed out a little bit on some new sandals for the summer. These are Think! Schlapfa Clogs, bought from Shoon. They were in the sale… and then you could buy a second pair of sale shoes for half price, so I thought I might as well have both colours! I’ve actually been looking for a plain black pair of these for several years but I’ve never managed to grab a pair in my size, and they never seem to be reduced to a price I can afford, so I’ve just kept on wearing my ancient ones and hoping they wouldn’t fall to bits.

I’ve had my old pair since at least 2004, and I’ve worn them ever such a lot. Because they have anatomically-shaped footbeds I don’t need to squash my orthotics into them, and I can wear them all day without ending up with achey feet. They’re so comfortable, and although it’ll take a while for the new ones to mould to the shape of my feet they do feel pretty good already.

Think! bring out new colours of these sandals every year, but usually they’re blues or greens or something else that doesn’t really go with my wardrobe. As it turns out almost everything I’m wearing at the moment is either grey or pink, so this sale couldn’t have been better timed! I’m not going to throw out my old pair just yet either. They’re plain pink (extremely grubby) suede, but I’ve got a bottle of shoe dye, so I’m going to attempt to dye them black and see whether I can make them last a little bit longer.

If these two new pairs last me as long as my trusty old pink ones, I won’t have to go shopping for sandals again until 2018! Please remind me of this next summer, when I tell you that I’ve got nothing to wear…

New boots for a new term.

Well, okay, I’m not going back to school, but I am applying for jobs. Assuming I’m actually invited for any interviews, I thought I’d better go for something a little bit smarter than the shiny Dr Martens I was looking at the other week!

These are Hush Puppies, and I bought them online from Cloggs. I took a bit of a risk ordering online, but Cloggs have a very simple returns process, so I thought I’d give it a try. Thankfully, they’re an almost perfect fit! They’re wide enough to accommodate all my toes, deep enough for my orthotics, and wide enough at the calf that I can actually do up the zip.

If I was going to be nit-picky (which you know I am), I’d complain that they’re a little bit more baggy than I would have liked around the ankle. But then Hush Puppies can’t reasonably be expected to know the precise dimensions of my ankles, so I think I’ll let them off.

Of course, now I’ve looked at the Hush Puppies website to paste in the link, and am desperately wishing that I could still wear high heels. I’d be running around in these or these, if that were the case.

Now I just have to hope that these boots last as long as the pair that they’re replacing. I’ve had my Think! boots for at least five years, and I love them dearly. Sadly they’re now beyond repair, and Think! haven’t made a similar style for a long time.

My new boots have a lot to live up to. Good luck, Hush Puppies.