What Lies Beneath?
The hidden mystery of the foot world, aka my socks!
At first glance you would assume that I am wearing a pair of plain black socks! You would be wrong…. for if you took a closer look (if I allowed you to 🙂 ) you would notice that all is not as it seems!
Today I am wearing the first of a series, and my most recently acquired: pair of socks.
Ah! Ha! You might say “Now what is so special about a pair of socks?”
Initially one would think that wearing a pair of socks is nothing unusual and certainly not out of the ordinary! After all……millions of people wear socks every day.
But these are special socks.
First of all……I am a sock collector. I have socks from South Africa, socks from America, socks from Paris and socks from Amsterdam. I have ‘silly moo’ socks, I have ladybird socks, snowflake and Father Christmas socks, I have ‘Best father in the World’ socks (there is a story behind that and no I am not a transexual :)), I have pink, blue, red, orange, yellow and purple socks. Flowers, stripes, patterns and animals…… and that is where this particular pair of socks comes into the picture!
Two years ago I attended a seminar/course called ‘Wealth Dynamics’. An entrepreneurial platform.
At the time, attendees were invited to stand up and present their Start-Up business and invite investors or people who wanted to be involved. Long story short, a young man by the name of Tom Minter stood up and presented his business: Socks for Happy People or Socks4HappyPPL for short 😉
As soon as he spoke my ears pricked up at the mention of socks. As a proverbially Happy person, the idea of Socks for Happy People appealed to me! I was fully taken by the idea, loved his presentation and the appeal of happy socks, I’ve kept in touch ever since. Sadly, although I was never in a position to invest in the business, I have had great fun mentioning them on twitter and facebook 🙂
I have kept track of their ups and downs, their disappointments 😦 and successes 🙂 via twitter, facebook and youtube. Keeping afoot of their progress, so to speak! Pun intended.
It has been two years of patient waiting, now fulfilled, and today I am wearing my first pair of Socks4HappyPPL 🙂
Now, you may ask…..What indeed Lies Beneath?
The choice I made for my first pair is the ‘What Lies Beneath’ model. Have I said yet ‘What Lies Beneath’? No, not yet I havn’t!
At first appearance you would be forgiven for assuming I am wearing a pair of dull, ordinary, nothing wrong with that pair of black socks……. but ahhhh; ‘What Lies Beneath’?
First of all the socks are, I can now say with total confidence….EXTREMELY comfortable. My gosh, I will have to increase my ‘socks’ budget and order another few pairs.
Why? Well I’ll tell you:
Firstly, they are quite simply the most comfy socks I have ever placed my form of transport into, fitting like a glove? They are socks…I promise. They are 80% organic cotton (organic cotton: better for the soil, better for the workers and better for you!) the rest is made up of 19% Nylon by necessity (makes the design possible) and 1% Elastane (ensures a snug fit)….and snug they are.
Secondly, and more importantly, besides the fact that I collect socks, is the fact that Socks4HappyPPL are what is termed a: ‘Social Enterprise’. What this means is that they contribute part of their income to a charitable cause; in this instance they supply socks to the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation.
So every time I buy a pair of socks, a little child, homeless, somewhere in Mongolia will also receive a pair of super-warm camel hair socks! 🙂 This is done via the Buy1Give1 method of contribution.
Now before I continue let me ask you this: What do I, the folk at Socks4HappyPPL and hairy Mongolian camels have in common?
We’ve all just helped a street child in Mongolia!
But wait…. there is more…….when you order your Socks4HappyPPL you have the option of contributing to the Penny On Trust. Yes! Not only do these fine folk at Socks4HappyPPL send a child a pair of socks each time you order a pair, but they also support Penny On.
Penny On is a system whereby you have an option to add onto your purchase 1 penny or in fact as many pennies as you wish, to your purchase. Can you imagine the power of that! Millions of pounds are spent online every single day; if each person added just 1penny to their purchase…..the mind boggles. Awesome!
So, finally and in conclusion….What Lies Beneath?
Finely crafted, woven into the fabric of my socks and keeping me company every step of the way, I am accompanied by a multitude of creatures: There is a pony, a squirrel :), a frog and a duck, butterfies, a camel!, a kangaroo, a hippo, a turtle, a penguin, a bird, a man carrying above his head….what looks like a pig!? And last but not least there is a giraffe.
I will never walk alone again, and as I walk about my day, I am in the company of and accompanied by a whole retinue of creatures, and no-one would even know!
Only I know: What Lies Beneath!

who would have guessed - What Lies Beneath!

my Socks4HappyPPL duly tried and tested :)a Giraffe and friends

a Giraffe and friends
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