The Oxford English Dictionary defines a clog as "a thick piece of wood". Hey, why do wedding speeches in films always start with, "Webster's dictionary defines love as..."? Is that what you find when you Google "best man speech?" I'm gonna look into it. *Five minutes later* No, it's not.
So back to clogs - they're pieces of wood. See, I think that's what I love about clogs. I have an expanding collection, and that's because (if they are the proper wooden ones) they're sturdy. I also like how, in a genius move similar to the way Italian people approach food, cobblers (or clogglers?) have been making clogs in the same way for hundreds of years. Apparently shoes with thick wooden soles were worn by actors in Greek theatres all those many, many years ago, and also by Roman soldiers as they stomped all over Europe. I don't think Roman soliders were wearing shoes that much resembled the pretty natural leather Funkis clogs I'm wearing above, but still. They share some similarities. Also they can be worn with everything, even armour apparently?! And once you've broken them in they're ridiculously comfortable. (I'm going to do a post on breaking in shoes at some point because I'm not very good at it, and surely that's exactly the sort of person you want to get tips about it from?) For the record though, these were very quick to mould to my feet.
Funkis are an Australian/Swedish company and they make beeeeeautiful shoes. These ones are next on my wish list - suede clogs?! D-Ream. Oh and these ones I'm wearing are veggie, if that's your bag, baby. Speaking of bags, pom poms! Stick pom poms all over your bags! They'll fall off all over the place because that's what pom poms do, but you can just sew them back on! Or leave a trail of pom poms behind you like a crafty Hansel and/or Gretel. This pom pom bag is from Zara, but it's already sold out because, you know, Zara. My mom jeans are from ASOS because, you know, ASOS <3.