Saturday: Birkenstocks Are Back In Fashion - I've Come Full Circle

Last night I made the decision to take a break from penning this blog for a while; I think it's because I want to focus my writing on the bigger picture as there's so much more to life than feet, shoes and leg/foot coverings.  Anyway, this is a bit of a swansong but The Duke purchased a copy of The Times Weekend Magazine this morning and rather interestingly, there was an article about how 'Flat and Functional' is back in fashion and my favourite Birkenstocks are heading this new fad.

I have tried to replicate the article at the bottom of this post, but please be advised that I haven't got permission to reproduce this content at all as The Times' content is hidden behind a paywall these days.

So, it's all come full circle: my feelings about having big feet, excitement about finally finding a comfortable sandal through to the somewhat clumpy articles becoming 'en vogue' once again.  This therefore marks my last post for the foreseeable future.  Thank you for reading and goodbye.  For now anyway.  

Thursday: Spring Weather, Red Toes and Converse

Today feels very odd indeed because Thursday is usually one of my working days and as a result my week is fairly disjointed.  I have been out and about much more than usual - I was in Guildford on Monday, attended a friend's girlfriend's wake on Tuesday and joined a choir last night.  It's nice weather though and as a result of this, I have painted my toes a dark red, as pictured below:

I hope that you're also enjoying the shot of my brown landing carpet?  Oh you are?  How pleasant.  I think this pot of nail polish is too thick to be of any use because it keeps globbing instead of flowing.  Must see whether I can thin it using nail polish remover as I doubt that paint thinner would suffice?

I also wore my old white leather converse today, as pictured: 

I am writing this whilst listening to Kate Bush's debut album The Kick Inside as I am reading a biography about her at the moment.  I can understand her undoubted talent as a songwriter but her vocals are too high for my personal taste. 

Saturday: 10,000+ page views

Well, it's the first day of March and I guess this means that Spring has sprung; regular readers will no doubt recall that printemps is my favourite season because it brings forward so many possibilities.  To mark the change in season, the WiiFitU's graphics are now showing pink blossom on the Island of Wuhu's trees, which is nice if nothing else?

So, I have had in excess (not the band INXS, although I do recall that the remaining members participated in a reality show to find a replacement for the late Michael Hutchence at some point..) of 10,000 page views since commencing this blog back in October 2012.  Some may wonder how on earth I've managed to sustain foot, shoe and legwear chat over such a long period and the answer is, I really don't know - perhaps I'm completely obsessed?  Does anyone care?

Those of you conversant with Google Blogger will be aware that there's a statistical element to the dashboard - thus I can see sketchy details of who's logging on via country, operating system and indeed by Google search phrase - the latter often makes me smile.  Usually it's such classics as 'sexy black/red toes' or 'Birkenstock feet', perhaps 'sheer tights' or 'bunions' - yes, really.  So, in recognition of this, I'm going to give you all a visual treat - here's two of my most viewed blog posts:

http://nomeanfeetfortheduchess.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/saturday-black-painted-toenails-and.html

http://nomeanfeetfortheduchess.blogspot.co.uk/2013_05_01_archive.html