I haven’t been as frequent on here as I was expecting, but hopefully that’ll change soon. :)

As winter approaches and there’ll soon be ice on the sidewalks again, I got to thinking about my dress shoes and their alarming lack of traction. I wear them every day to work, and last winter I remember the woeful struggle I made each day penguin-waddling home down the hill so I wouldn’t slip and fall on the ice. Loads of fun, let me tell you.

I wonder if there’s a good way to deal with this. De-icing the sidewalks is hard, so the most cost-effective way seems to be on the shoe end of things. Maybe some removable shoe-cleatish kind of wrapping that goes around one’s shoes, like chains on tires? It’d have to be easy to slip on and take off, lightweight (so you could take it with you), and preferably fold into a bag or something so it wouldn’t get your pocket/purse dirty when you’re inside. I’m envisioning some kind of plastic, perhaps, almost like bubble wrap but sturdier and with more traction. Or something. Anything, really, so long as I don’t have to wear huge boots to work. :)

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