AC's Buying Spree and Sue's Pantyhose Lessons

I was seized by a virus this week – the shopping virus! It came on suddenly and unexpectantly. 

I don't know what came over me, but I ordered these items, and behold! they were delivered unto me: a toque (hat), shoes and socks.

The socks are ski socks. I do not ski. The shoes are runner, but I runneth not. The hat is of the type that I do not habitually don upon my pate.

So, what gives?

First I clicked on a FB link for Smartwool. I wondered if they had long socks. Eventually, I drilled down to a pair of ski socks, and lo I didst purchase them

You see, due to some neuropathy (I don't know, but that is what I am calling it), I have cold spots on my shins. So it is that I like to keep them covered in winter, even in the house under long pants. I have some long socks, but the best ones are getting very old, and I have had a deuce of a time finding good new ones. 

So it was that I opted to spend a small fortune on these socks.

From a different site, Merrill, I purchase running shoes. I get email from Merrill and constantly check their shoes, looking for something colourful. As you know, I don't run. As you also know, even walking can be problematic. But running shoes are comfortable for my miserable feet, and over the past five years or so, I have grown to like a splashy look on my tootsies.

So there you have it: ski socks for a non-skier and runners for a non-runner. I didn't really need new shoes at the moment, but I will need a new pair for next year, and the sale price and the look were right for me, so I purchased them now.

The hat was a throw-in. To get free shipping on the shoes, I needed to spend a few extra bucks, so I ended up with the toque. Even though I don't wear them often because I favour my jaunty caps, they're good to wear when I am clearing snow or some such, I have had a heckuva problem finding toques that don't want to eject themselves from my head (see link at the bottom), and I think that this toque will do the trick.

Isn't it all just so awesome‽

Just another word about the socks before I leave you in peace. It's just that Sue has been giving me lessons in how to put them on. I gotta tell ya, that I have managed to don my socks up until now in my long life, so why do I need lessons?

Let me splain. They are a very tight fit, and ole AC has trouble getting them on straight. So Dear Sue has been giving me lessons from her pantyhose days.

What she tells me to do is to roll the tops right down to the foot part and to get my foot in and aligned before I begin to roll the socks up to past my calves.

I am still working on my technique, and I think I am getting it. Who knew that I would someday use a lady's pantyhose technique to get myself dressed?

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A post from last winter about my toque attempting to dislodge itself from my head.

My first two pairs of colourful shoes. There has been one more red pair since then.