A pox on sensible shoes

There are many reasons to wear sensible (read boring and ugly) shoes during a Calgary winter. Snow, mud, freezing cold - none of these are really compatible with cute shoes. But some days, you just have to ditch the sensible shoes and wear the silly ones anyway - today I put on my Fluevogs and tried them out in an inch of fresh powder.

It was a surprisingly successful experiment! The shoes have excellent soles, and the only time I was in any danger of slipping was walking down a steep path with a layer of ice under the snow. In fact it was no worse than sneakers over the same area. A little more snow and I'd have wet feet, but overall these shoes are surprisingly functional, even in winter. Oh happy day!