It's not the dog that's the problem - she doesn't bat an eyelid - but now that my son's girlfriend often stays over when he's home and my daughter has friends for sleepovers, I may just have to curb my aversion to pyjamas and buy some for the first time since I was 16. I just can't afford the scandal any more.

As for boots - I love boots (for both men and women). I hardly ever wear anything else these days (oh...you know what I mean).