I work many nights, and I've got to that certain age where at a certain time of the night my feet just explode in size, I spend much of the night in agony and often am forced to kick off my shoes in anger, before moaning to all and sundry about my poor feet.

For the most part Crocs tend to be worn by women, but over recent years the trend for men wearing them has grown, I think it's a combination of trend setting meeting with comfort. The downside with Crocs are that they look absolutely ridiculous, indeed if you had tried wearing these 10 years ago you might very well have been stabbed to death by some sort of crazed maniac, 20 years ago when I had been at school I would have been on the back end of endless abuse for this; but it seems that quite often nowadays the more you look like a clown the more likely you are as being accepted. Clown would be an appropriate comparison, because you really do look like you have someone else's feet on, or better still ducks feet.

I bought my Crocs about a month ago, and in fairness they are not the sort of footwear for this type of year, they have ventilation holes which in minus degree temperatures are not exactly inviting. And with socks they look ridiculous, though when everyone has gone away at work I put them on while I'm sat balancing the accounts. I wear them round the house, in the garden, and to the post box, though have not ventured anywhere really public in them yet. But there comes a time when comfort overcomes all other things, and when the summer comes I'll proudly wear these into town, or down the village; the clown factor of the shoes complementing my face. So far in my months wear (about 15 night shifts) and general walking around, they are showing little sign of wear; and while normally I'd wait longer to review a piece of footwear in case they fall about for the nominal funds I paid for them £29.99 if they fell apart tomorrow I would not care because they have made my feet so much more comfortable. I can say people I know who bought them last summer are still wearing them now, and still happy with them.

Crocs Cayman shoes come in the following colours:- Black, pearl, chocolate, khaki, army green, Kelly green, lime, sage, celery, navy, peacock, sea blue, turquoise, light blue, sea foam, grape, lavender, ruby red, red, fuchsia, pink, cotton candy, orange, white, canvas pantone, pulse and mango. Shoe sizes for men range from 4 to 13, while the women's range from 3 to 12.