No Buy 2019

I haven't bought anything, but I've not been able to stop myself from compulsively checking ebay or browsing the racks in charity shops: concerned it's only a matter of time before something goes awry...

Bryan, you weren’t seriously attempting to follow my/our lead on this “no buy” thing, were you? That post was made in jest, right? Sorry that’s a little hard to read for me

started the year in good faith (true story). but ran out of socks in recent trip to the uk, so got emergency 88 percent cotton made in portugal socks from primark that, because they were thinner than my boot socks, finally forced me to admit how uncomfortable my new blunnies were. had got them last year in my old size (last pair i had was in the mid-2000s) but they now come with thickish plastic insoles which made them too tight. so removed them but the footbed is so thin i feel like i can feel the outline of the outsoles on my feet and hence they never feel bedded in. so this happened: :D

Ooms, I had some Blunnies (Aussie made circa ‘06) that had removable insoles virtually identical to those on most trainers (running shoes) - coloured fabric on top and flexible polystyrene/foam beneath. Why not try a pair of those or failing that, some thin leather insoles from the local cobbler/shoe repair shop?