Thanks to everyone for the replies to my question and for your
suggestions, all of which have disappeared in OE and I'm too lazy to
google to quote them. Someone, Bob Eager I think, asked that I let you
know what I tried and how the party went. Well, in the end, I didn't get
a chance to try any of them! Three couples including us organised the
party and one of the women called just after I posted to say that her
husband had announced that he was leaving them. We all ended up doing
alot of talking and deciding to go ahead with the party, to which said
couple came although the wife spent most of the evening in tears. I wore
the shoes with the floppy insoles which were better than nothing, but in
the circumstances no one ended up doing much dancing anyway and the
shoes were the least of my worries. Said couple decided after a couple
of days to give it another try......bad timing or what?!

So, I'll experiment in advance before any future parties and if I find
the perfect non-slip solution I'll post again.

Original message quoted below in case anyone wants to know what this was
all about,
thanks again
Holly

Holly wrote in message
...
Hi and Happy New Year to all,
I have a last minute party shoes problem! Now I'm not usually a fancy
shoes and high heels person but tonight is to be the exception. I'm
not
good at walking with heels at the best of times but these shoes are
mules, ie open at the back, so flip up and down a bit like flip flops.
The insides of the shoes are very slippery and this combined with
tights
makes the shoes slip around and it is difficult to keep them on.
Does anyone have any ideas of what I could put inside the shoes to
give
more friction but without being sticky? Got some insoles but they are
a
bit thick so make the shoes a bit tight and in any case are only
slightly less slippery. I wondered about a thin smear of clear
silicon/acrylic allowed to dry. Any other good DIY ideas please?
TIA
Holly