Wellington boots are an idea I toyed with for a few years. They seem so very practical in the winter (and lets not forget the summer too in the UK!) but they seem to uncomfortable and a little unflattering. My mind was made up and I no longer needed to deliberate when I saw these for sale, reduced to £5 in my local Asda, Canterbury. I always have a browse round the clothes section as I really like it and there are often bargains like these to be had. I quite like biker boots and riding boots, they are on my fashion radar at the moment so if I was going to like any 'welly's' it would be these ones. The style is quite modern and funky. They are black slightly ...  Read the complete review

I don't know when I became the girl that will wear wellies. Even last year I was pottering around in snow and ice digging my high heel of my boot in to avoid slipping! At some point though I thought that I would need to buy some wellies and so on a trip to Asda with my friend and her daughter I was buying some wellies for my son and spotted some which I thought would be suitable for me! My dad has always told me that I have footballers legs...I don't think we are talking David Beckham sexy legs but more a wide calf! As such I struggle to get long boots which will be comfortable for me. When in Asda I spotted a shorter pair of wellies which looked like ...  Read the complete review

There was a boyfriend once who ran his hand up my legs and said, 'Ooh, muscley calves'. He did not last long after that, and was sent back to the USA with a flea in his ear. Thing is, I can get touchy about my legs and the cankles do little to help this. I blame all the years of ballet and gymnastics training, because even on my skinny days, my calves are disproportionately large. Day to day, this isn't a big problem. On wellie shopping days, however, it can be. Common sense dictates than you can be a size 3 with fat legs, or a size 8 with skinny ones, but boots never quite seem to reflect this. It rains in this part of Africa. A lot. At the moment it rains ...  Read the complete review