Just in case you haven't figured out that I have a few quirks, today is one of those posts that will enlighten you even more to my odd ways.
Here it is: I hate shoes. I'd go to work in my slippers if I could. And if I'm not running around outside in my slippers (I go through several pairs a year) I'm wearing nothing on my tootsies - yup bare feet.
You would think that running barefoot through my Grandmother's yard when I was four and stepping on that bee would have taught me a lesson - but no. I'm still seen running through my grass and even hopping on the hot pavement all summer long in my bare feet.
(In the winter I go out in my big fuzzy slippers, much to my kids horror! I guess standing at the bus stop with elephant slippers or leopard print slippers isn't a good thing? Maybe it's the fuzzy robe that completes this ensemble? But I digress...)
I still remember the sting of that bee on the sole of my foot. I remember my Grandfather using a tweezer to pull out the throbbing stinger, the foot soak and the bandage they wrapped around my foot. And I remember the "talk" about running around barefoot.
Guess that lesson fell on deaf ears. Here I am 40 years later still doing the same dumb things. Only now - it's the mosquitos that are getting me every chance they get. Today I sit here typing up this post with both feet up and covered with calamine lotion.
Why?
Because I've got mosquito bites all over the soles of my feet and around my ankles. These bites are my reward for sitting outside keeping the hubs company while he smokes his cigar. I sit and talk, talk, talk and those damn bugs bite, bite, bite!
I'm thinking of investing in citronella scented foot scrub and lotion. (Because it would just be too difficult for me to cover up my feet, right?) AND if I cover up my feet - how would anyone see and appreciate my predicure - courtesy of the hubby? (Yes, girls, he polishes my toes! 
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I wonder if this will teach me? Or maybe I can work this into a story...
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I don’t like to wear shoes either, although I do wear them at all times when I go outside. Nadia(Quote)
Hate shoes, love slippers.
BUT… I have to have my feet covered at night.
The lesson I never learned is that there are no monsters under the bed. Nothing is out to bite your feet (aside from mossies) in the middle of the night.
Alas.
I cover my feet.
And if you think that’s weird… I used to sleep *inside* the duvet cover. (Hey, if it’s sewn shut, nothing can get at my feet, right?)
*nods* Silke(Quote)
Doesn’t everyone sleep in their socks?
Debora(Quote)
I’m a flip-flop woman myself.
I heard Listerine (regular flavor) sprayed around the patio keeps the mosquitos away. Jennifer Shirk(Quote)
I am guilty of wearing shoes almost all the time unless I am kicked back at the computer or it’s really late and I watch a movie.
Don’t know why but shoes motivate me like crazy. I put them on and I’m ready to go. The reason I don’t wear them when on the computer is because I like to sit at my desk with my feet perched on the computer tower.
And I don’t want to hurt my tower.
As for the post I liked it. Especially the part where hubby paints your toe nails. AND you can definitely use that in one of your books.
r.m.gilbert(Quote)
OMG! Bites on your soles. I’d die. lol I have very sensitive feet and can’t stand them being touched. If they itched, I’d go insane.
I dislike shoes too, however. I also hate walking around bare foot because I have hardwood floors and hate sweeping.
I prefer the winter when it’s too cold not to wear socks. Then they’re covered and not by shoes. 
And awww on the pedicures. Lucky girl! Jennifer Bianco(Quote)
Awww! What a good hubby you have.
I’m joining the no shoe club! But I can’t do socks until it’s cold. And then I love the soft, fuzzy kind. Chelle Sandell(Quote)