Removable shoe covering

A removable shoe covering for a shoe having a bottom, sides and an upper instep portion, said covering comprising:

• a flexible sheet having a sole portion with a shape and area larger than the shape and area of the bottom of the shoe,
• at least one elongated strap having two ends and dimensioned to extend over the upper instep portion and between opposite sides of the flexible sheet sole portion,
• a pressure sensitive adhesive applied continuously to a first side of said sheet for removably adhering said sheet to the shoe bottom,
• wherein, with said first side of said sheet adhered to the bottom of the shoe, portions of the sheet extend upwardly from the bottom of the shoe and along the sides of the shoe, said portions adhering to the sides of the shoes, and
• a gritty material applied substantially continuously to a second side of said sheet,
• wherein said strap has an arcuate edge which faces rearwardly of the shoe so that, with said strip positioned across the upper instep portion of the shoe so that said ends of said strap are in engagement with said portions of said sheet, said strap is positioned forwardly of the upper arch portion of the shoe and so that said arcuate edge rests against said upper instep portion whereupon said ends of said strap engage said portions of said sheet at a rear half of said sheet.