Winter Blues

I never really noticed seasons until I moved to the Midwest. As a California girl each season just ran into the next one. Life was simple. I don't think I ever wore a boot unless I went to the mountains to play in the snow. And when it rained, I just wore closed toed shoes. But now my closet is jammed with boots, 11 pairs to be exact. I've got short boots, tall boots, boots with high heels and boots that have a wedge or stacked heel. These boots take up a lot of space in my closet, but it seems I need all of them. My dressy boots are upstairs and my boots for shoveling snow are downstairs. That's right, I have more than one pair of snow shoveling boots - don't you?

And, why all this talk about boots? Because I'm ready to show my toes again. My feet have the winter blues! I want to wear my toe rings and my anklets! I want my pedicure to shine! Have you ever seen that shoe commercial where the young woman sits down to try on a pair of shoes and takes off her winter shoes and socks -- you can actually hear and see her toes breathe!!!! My toes long for that moment. Unfortunately, we have had a lot of snow this winter. In fact, so much snow, that even my closed toed shoes haven't seen much action this season.

So I'm singing the Winter Blues and longing for sandals, peep toes and even a little toe cleavage. Aren't you?