In fact I would go so far as to say you will be surprised at how much wear you get out of them.  And it's certainly very much back in my comfort zone.  Neutral, plain, "fudgey" colours as The Husband has been known to call them (apart from navy - he doesn't mind navy....) are the perfect basics

....to vaguely contemplate getting the feet out?   Yesterday it was positively tropical here.  I had the most fantastic day with four of my closest friends when we went out for both a birthday celebration and a "happy mother's day to us" lunch out.  I say lunch.... we started at 1pm after a lovely couple of hours mooching