Guilty.
I plead guilty to (sometimes - but ONLY inside my home)
wearing flip-flop sandals... with socks.
It's awful, I know. It kills any fashionable / sexy / daring sense I might have. My boyfriend will be ashamed, of course (well, I'm ready to take the chance he won't read this). People will be able to see that I'm not kidding when I say I have Fred Flinstone feet ("Thanks, dad" - while my mother has the tiniest, smallest, narrowest princess feet!). My exquisitely trendy Barbie friend in TO will surely laugh her butt off to watch me share this fashion faux-pas. My friends (Fany23, as crianças and Leonardinho) will also laugh but know exactly what I'm talking about when I refer to "comfy". Well, this is what happens behind my closed doors!I have already mentioned that I wear Havaianas sandals at home instead of slippers. I live in a half-basement and the floors are ceramic and hardwood, so it gets cold for the footsies, hence doing all the wootsies! These sandals are great because I never get back pain from standing on ceramic floors for hours on end while cooking, doing the dishes or... trying to dry my hair and make it straight. If I am only wearing sandals, however, my toes become icicles because of the cold and humidity. Brrrrrrrrrrr. That's when the socks come in.
I first discovered that socks could be (would have to be) worn with Havaianas in the winter of 2007 when friends came from Brazil to work in Montreal for 3 months. I made so much fun of them for wearing sandals with socks. Then I traveled to Sao Paulo and wore the flip flops inside the house, bare feet until... the humidity started to get to me. My feet were constantly frozen solid. So I put on my socks and then the sandals. It surely felt weird at first. How can I compare? I guess it feels like when a girl puts on a thong for the first time: it isn't that comfortable, but it's best to endure half an inch were it's supposed to be than to have 3 or 4 inches of fabric riding up your behind where it's not supposed to be! After a while, you don't feel it anymore and you 're kind of sorry you never tried it before.I love wearing my Havaianas with socks when I'm at home and when I'm at home only! It is my comfy-at-home-fashion crime.
Très Jolie!! :)
ReplyDeleteHehe. Je savais que tu aimerais!
ReplyDeleteHaha no worries. You can do whatever you want at home! You should get those special toe socks with the separation, the Japanese wear them for sandals like that :D
ReplyDeleteHave you tried to go out using this ?
ReplyDeleteJust to see if someone will send you weird looks? That would be fun....
@ blue: you know, I always want to try those and I never seem to think of buying a pair when I'm in the stores! I still would NOT wear them outside of my home!
ReplyDelete@ a criança Villela: no, I haven't tried and I will not! "Préserver la façade!". Image matters. My Cariocas friends taught me that! ;o)
oh hun, you know I love you... but there is ab-so-lu-te-ly no excuse for the white socks & sandal combo. Ever. Major no-no. Major. Still love ya though :)
ReplyDelete@Christine : thanks for the love! Is it any help to know that the white socks matched the PJ? Or I am authorized to wear my sandals with brown socks? LOL.
ReplyDeleteLOL!
ReplyDeleteYou are too awesome. Well at least they are nice and white ^_^
@Rasilla : well yes, my socks are clean! I wash them with vinegar and baking soda to keep them crispy white :o) You're getting #lovethatyoustandbyme!
ReplyDeleteFor cooking, have you heard of GelPro mats? https://www.gelpro.com/ Not the cheapest but if you spend lots of time in the kitchen, it might be worth it.
ReplyDeleteI have carpets in the apartment except for the kitchen, and I wear my crocheted slippers outside my socks to keep the feet warm :-)
THe Haviana stores in Sao Paulo seel socks with the fingers, next time I'm there I'll pick you up a pair! what size are you?
ReplyDelete@Monica: that would be so incredibly sweet of you to import Havaiana socks for me. Lol. I think I'm a Brasilian 35. Let me check and get back to you. Muitos beijos!
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