A Quick Comment
It really amused me that so many people were encouraging me to wear socks and walking shoes with a skirt. I honestly wish I could! That skirt was a gorgeous color and made of something soft and suede-like AND was washable! But you have to remember that I was a teacher for many years and teachers have to dress somewhat formally. I am, I guess, stuck in my ways about that. 
With a skirt I wear heels {uh-UH! No way! Never again!], boots {I only have sturdy walking-in-the snow boots}, a nice dressy low-heeled shoe {don’t own one} or sandals. Well, I DO have sandals but I am going in September and October when Lucca, like Vermont, is chilly. Actually, I will be wearing my sandals on the journey for ease of taking off shoes going through lines. {Do they still require that?} But, since I cannot stand cold feet, I will also be wearing thick warm socks that I usually wear in winter with my walking-through-the-snow boots! {I know, I know, NOT a good fashion statement, but I am miserable when my feet are cold…}
I am sitting here drinking coffee and n an hour I am off to physical therapy…
More later, probably.
QUOTATIONS:
"Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything."
Michael Jordan
If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.
— David Viscott
if the skirt were long enuf it wouldn’t matter what shoes or socks you wore!!! take care,
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I can’t stand having cold feet either!! That’s why I almost never go barefoot!! I keep thinking I want to wear skirts occasionally, but so far I haven’t been. I like seeing women in long flowing skirts, no matter what kinda shoes they have on their feet. hugs, Weesprite
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Even if you won’t wear that beautiful skirt and jacket yet I would buy it anyway. Other occassions to wear it will come up. Buy it now before it is sold out. About the walking shoes – you could pretend that you are the gym teacher.:) It’s a common practice these days for professional people to wear walking shoes in transit and change into dressier shoes at their destination.
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THESE, dahling, are what I wear with skirts: http://www.keenfootwear.com/product_detail.aspx?sku=5342 No socks, comfortable enough to walk in, and look cute as the dickens. Also easy to slip on and off for airport shoe inspections. Would I steer you wrong?
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I can vouch for the comfort of Keen shoes. I have a pair of their funky toe protector flipflops. They are a million times more comfortable than my sneakers. I give them a thumbs up too!
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Just dress for comfort, hon. You are going through a lot with PT and comfort is a must on that trip. Thinking of you,
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I can’t stand to have my feet cold either. I tend to get foot cramps!
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Unfortunately, the stinky foot parade is still a very important priority in national security.
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Ah cold feet are no fun at all.
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Every airport I’ve gone through in the last year or so has required the shoes to be off. All those have been in the U.S., so I can’t vouch for European airports. But my impression has always been that the airports in Europe are even stricter in some ways.
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Hey, it’s ITALY! You could probably find a nice pair of low-heeled Itallian dress shoes that would be very nice with that skirt. Can you tell we’re all trying to talk you into it? 😉
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I used to be that way Patrisha, but I dress for comfort now (usually). If I was in a foreign country with no one else around that I know or would ever see again, I would DEFINITELY dress for comfort! Buy you a pair of loafers or low heel shoes if you don’t have any. Watch for sales between now and when you go. Shoes are a lot less than your Ipods and will probably last longer, too! 😉
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I would definately get the skirt and top too! When I worked at JC Pennys we had to wear dresses and heels. ( this was before they started allowing dress pants) Well, I have really bad heel spurs and the heels and concrete floors were killing my feet. My foot dr. wrote a scrip stating that I HAD to wear sneakers to work. Sneakers and dressy dresses! Yup! That was me! L HUgs, M
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You’d look great in army boots and nothing else. So there.
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The only stopping you, is you! Be a trendsetter! =) I’m all about comfort.
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Some airports require you to remove shoes and others do not. In the US they all do. Oversead it varies. Dress with shoes you can easily remove.
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