Missing a shoe or a sock?
I don't live in a wet climate, so my umbrella seldom gets used. As a matter of fact, they can predict rain for days and days, but we will never see a drop, so my umbrella is kind of "superfluous" to my required "wardrobe" items. I don't really have a "necessity" for it - at least the majority of the time. I cannot say the same thing about shoes. Since the sun beats down so intensely on our Arizona pavement and sidewalks, even a short distance to the end of the drive to pick up the newspaper can turn you into a long jump champion! Let me just stop for a moment to tell you how much it can actually rain when it does rain around here. The washes fill up in a matter of minutes - not hours. So, even though I don't really "need" to use my umbrella the biggest part of the year, the couple of times we get the 'gully-washer' rains certainly make me glad I actually own a couple of them! Some of us consider the "spiritual&q