No, I’m Not Wearing Any Socks Right Now
Posted in Historical Adventures and tagged with Fashion, Socks, Travel on November 25, 2007I had a good, rather uneventful trip back to NC. I ended up with my baggage again and was ontime. I must admit, it surprised me that everything went as smoothly as it did considering the snow and ice on the plane in Wichita and the paperwork delay in Atlanta.
Since I had only slept 4 hours before my flight, I had no problem conking out for about 45 minutes which was nice. I was also able to get a decent amount done on my trip, especially during the incredibly long layover.
When I was going through security, I saw that the girl in front of me had one hot pink and one white sock on. She didn’t look embarrassed at all to be standing there in her mixed-matched socks, so I assumed that she was just one of those people who like to go against cultural norms. A girl I babysit likes to where mixed-matched socks for that reason.
Later in the day, I saw another lady with one pink polka dot sock and one maroon one. Is this a coincidence or a new fashion trend? Do you think these ladies (both in their late 20s or early 30s) wanted to make a statement when they knew that they would have to take off their shoes going through security?
Have you noticed any unusual fashion trends lately?
When I checked to see if “conk” was in fact a word, I found that it is also defined as “the word used to describe an aeroplane engine when it fails.” That’s not the type of conking I was talking about; the engine worked just fine thankfully.
Ronnica
NaBloPoMo, Day 25
November 26th, 2007 at 2:14 am
Hi Ronnica! Thanks for stopping by the blog and saying hello.
My oldest daughter (almost 12) has this thing about unmatched socks. Years ago, when we had a regular babysitter help with laundry and housework, she would always mis match Rachel’s socks. Rachel thought it was hysterical and encouraged her to do it. I think it was a reaction (survival trait, really) to the constant plight of missing socks.
To this day, RJ LOVES wearing mis matched socks. She’s not in her 20′s or 30′s so I can’t comment on the social and fashion trend sense of it all but I do know it appeals to her quirky sense. :)
Funny.
Duckabush Blog
November 26th, 2007 at 8:48 am
When we wear mismatched socks it is because I’m behind on laundry. ;)
Glad you had a good Thanksgiving! Last year’s trip looked AMAZING!
November 26th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Good observation about the mismatched sock thing. I guess I haven’t been a place to see peoples socks recently. I remember back in the eary 90′s when we would wear 2 different color socks on the same foot. And switch the layer of the color on the other foot. Those were the days:)
~Adrienne
November 26th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Yeah, but wearing two socks on each foot, alternating the colors makes sense…okay, not really. I never did that, but I’ve never been cool, so that doesn’t say much!
November 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
How about mismatched gloves? I had no choice but to have my 5-year-old wear mismatched gloves some cold mornings. I have seince bought new ones though that is no guarantee that she would not be wearing mismatched gloves sometime soon. Gloves tend to disappear on me.
Loving your blog, btw, i will be back.