Splish-Splash...
It was a big day in my house today. The 2020/21 winter season wellies have arrived. Every year, I buy a new pair of 'shortie' wellies which I wear every day to walk the furballs. To date, I have had red, purple, royal blue and shocking pink, my current colour of choice. Now I completely appreciate that most people will wear a set of wellies perhaps two or three times a year, so their shelf life is definitely much longer than mine, but my current rubber footwear is taking on water faster than the Titanic, and with a rather dubious puncture in the heel of the right one, there is an embarrassing noise every time I walk. Try explaining that to my dog walking pals. 'That's my welly making that noise, not me'. This is the cue for the 'That's right, blame the footwear' look and a subtle raising of the eyebrows. So the new wellies arrived today. When I was small, wellies came in just one colour. Black. Likewise, children's' glasses had one styl