Saturday night I nearly choked on my dinner when I saw the bare feet of a lady dining nearby. And I’m sure I gawked at a grown woman wearing flip-flops in the grocery store on a recent frigid day.
What’s up with these people? Like Terry’s dad used to say, I don’t get it.
Don’t they feel the cold? Were they raised in Alaska? 
Sunday when I dressed for church, the temperature was 37 degrees, which felt mighty cold to this Arkansas girl. I thought about wearing boots or shoes with trouser socks, but the outfit I’d put on called for flats. That meant deciding if wearing those cute shoes was worth being miserable all morning, because in the winter if I don’t wear socks, my feet are ALWAYS cold.
And I hate being cold. Even way back at 610 North 7th Street when we played in the snow, I was the first to go inside because my feet felt like blocks of ice.
Sunday, vanity won out. I opted for flats, which meant I had to decide whether to wear hose. Have you noticed how women go bare legged with high heels or flats these days? Even in the winter? How do they stand it?
I’m all for leaving off stockings–as my mother called them–in warm weather. In fact, I change into sandals as soon as I can and wear them as long as I can. But when the temperature drops, back in the closet they go.
I wore hose even though it made me feel a bit old-ladyish. I just couldn’t face icy feet.
When I see folks walking around in shorts and sandals in 30-degrees-with-a-chance-of-snow-or-sleet weather, I want to stop them and ask if they have shoes, socks and warm clothes in the car. You know, in case they slide off into a ditch and get stranded.
What are they thinking?
If I knew their mothers, I’d call and tell on them.
What about you?
Do you go without socks in the winter? Wear sandals?
Do I need to report you to your mom?
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!” Romans 10:15
Fun to read, Dorothy. I'm with you. I want my “stockings” or socks on in the winter!
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Thanks, Freeda. I was the was also the one who always had to wear a coat when everyone found them to be a nuisance. Stay warm!
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Sometimes I sleep in socks. I sleep well in a cold room but I can't stand for my feet to be cold.
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We like a cool bedroom too, but use an electric blanket sometimes.
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DJ, my granddaughter wears flip flops all year long. It drives me crazy! I'd have worn the trouser socks with the flats!!!!
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Dogs or cats make good foot warmers too – LOL!
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Good post! I find my feet warm up quickly when I go to bed. 'Course, I use a coarse-weave blanket next to them; maybe that's why. Do you ever have “cold feet” metaphorically???
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It has to be pretty dang cold for me to wear socks – like snowing cold…
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So true! 🙂
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Ah, the young. My granddaughters don't seem to notice the cold either. I thought about trouser socks but they weren't right for those shoes.
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Thanks, Pat. I don't wear socks to bed either, but I use my electric blanket on the coldest nights. Yep, I've experienced those metaphoric cold feet before!
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I remembered you got caught at Piggott (I think without enough socks when it snowed one time. Or was that Eureka Springs? I had you pegged for the bare legs and feet, you young thing!
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