I love my UGG boots. There, I’ve said it. I don’t care if they’re not in fashion anymore or the countless rip-offs people are wearing make them walk in a ridiculous way, or that people think they’re ugly, or that they’re a health and safety hazard in wet weather....

As much as I’m in love with my silver snakeskin 4-inch-heel Manolos (impulse buy from Manhattan – when in Rome…), heels are pretty impractical for pramming around the park, lugging the car seat down the stairs, etc. And as Ru gets older, I can’t see myself scurrying...