When Angie talked about red shoes being a look to try for 2015, I really liked the idea. I've often had a yearning for some red footwear. I have one pair of coral red chunky sandals which are definitely summer wear and the style,as luck would have it, is rather suited to the 70's chunky sandals that I've seen coming into the online shops I frequent. However, I would love a different style of red footwear that I can wear that doesn't rely on the hope of decent summer weather in the UK.

So, with that in mind I spent a good few hours last week trawling through website after website of shoes and either the colour wasn't right, the heel too high, toe too rounded, too sandal-like, too wide....you get the picture. I started to get rather fed up as the odd shoe that I did sort of like the look of was too pricey as well. At that point I had a bit of a brainwave and thought, why not buy some shoes in a light shade that I could dye red to my own taste.... I also thought, what about ankle boots and not shoes?

So do you think I'm mad considering this? Have you ever done something similar, to get just what you're after?

Oh, and I'd love to know what you think of the idea of ankle boots? Do you think they would look too much in red?. The thing is I have already got some boots on order that I spotted which were reduced from £85 to £34 which, if they fit me could be a candidate; though obviously I don't have to keep them. Thoughts?