Beautiful boots in black or red bring compliments - how to wash mud? . Outfit 331

Wine red boots. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

 I am still getting compliments, from men, "they are unusual,' and women, 'they are pretty,' about my boots. 

I have these boots in black, and wine.

The soles are thick and synthetic. But flat enough for comfortable walking around the city. 

Because the soles are synthetic, they are washable. I wore them walking across a lawn and they became muddy with bits of gravel. A quick wash. 

Dig out the gravel from grooves. How? Some bigger piece can be pushed out by flexing the boot sole and pushing with your fingernails. 

But, I thought, you risk damaging your nail varnish, loosening your nail and it hurts,  Or picking up an infection. One answer is use a toothpick or cocktail stick.

 I was afraid to dry them under a radiator in case the leather cracked. Or the soles cracked. I have had several pairs of shoes and sandals whose synthetic soles disintegrated, and crumbled.   Ruined shoes. Mess all over my floor - or somebody else's! 

I asked the hostess of the house I was visiting. She suggested under the heated towel rail in the guest toilet. I tried that. First I dried the boots with toilet paper, brushing off the flacks of white paper because modern toilet paper disintegrates when wet.

I checked on the boots during the evening. A bit dryer. Not too hot. By the end of the evening, the boots were dry enough to wear home. 

See post 567.

I paid a total of  23.56 pounds and pence, which was 18.56 - plus 10.00 shipping! But less a promo code (promotional code)of five pounds for my first order through WISH. 

For details of an image search, see my previous post number 567.

Useful Websites

An image match search

https://www.duplichecker.com/reverse-image-search.php

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If you would rather order from Amazon.co for 45 dollars, US.

https://www.amazon.com/Zoulee-Womens-Zipper-Leather-Flower/dp/B076RPY8GH?th=1

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