wear shoes less

although, my feet are pretty gross. I bought some lemongrass foot nonsense from the body shop before China (it was lovely after a long day walking around to sit on the bed and rub each other’s feet!) so I keep trying to remember to use that more often. And maybe clean out the mould from under my big toe nail, that would be nice. I hope it isn’t mould…

so I’m on to flip flops. God bless flip flops. I love seeing my feet at work. Probably a big cultural no no, but then so is walking round the office in socks, and I’ve been doing that all winter. Sometimes I think that, since Japanese people obviously expect to be offended by baka gaijin, it’s actually rather nice of me to fulfil their expectations on occasion. I bet it makes their day.

Of course, I’m also wearing leggings and black legwarmers under my skirt, lest I be mistaken for someone with a sense of style.

But that’s neither here nor there.

I already wear them a lot less than I ever did at home, since I have to take them off whenever I enter a house/ most restaurants/ random public buildings. But now I want to get it down to a bare (ho ho) minimum. Shall look into investing in some of those sturdy-yet-comfy looking flip flop things the men in my office put on instead of normal inside shoes when they get to work. And some nice woollen socks to complete the look.