I hope nobody thought I wore socks with sandals! I meant to say that ALL shoes rub so I wear socks or hose, I don't wear the flip-flop type sandals at all b/c they rub. Sometimes I will wear hose with a strappy shoe that I guess you could call a sandal - if they're dressy, have heels (even wedges). Casual open-toe sandals I don't wear hose - of course I'm usually wearing those with shorts! Even in my 20's and wearing miniskirts I always wore hose with heels. They help reduce the friction. Don't do anything for sweaty feet though - I had lots of pairs of hose with stained feet from the dye coming off the shoes. My kids' shoes stink - even 10-yr old DD's feet sometimes stink. But the 15-yr runner's are the worst!

I think the quality of the fabric is more important than the medium versus heavy (which I suppose is in the weight of the fabric). I used a "heavy" weight fabric once not even questioning the upholster's fabrics and within a year, it needed redoing, whereas the original which seemed more medium in weight had lasted 10 years to that point. I asked a person (who I came to know later) about the difference, and she told me (that's what she did for a living) that the contents of the fabric are very important. I cannot remember now what was in the fabric that did not wear well but the original was a heavy duty woven cotton jacobean and the second was a tapestry which contained a synthetic that did not wear well. Not that all synthetics are of poor quality, and I wish I could recall what she told me now but that was long ago, but I have also experienced the same in a very expensive sofa I bought in the 1980s and it wore very quickly and had what appeared to be a great heavy weight paisley but it was not. So I think the "quality" of the fabric is more important than weight.

I hate hats too and living in SD there are times in the winter when I need one but my head itches so bad I cant stand them. As for hair extensions, no I wouldnt. I would never spend that kind of money on it for one thing and it would drive me nuts when my head itches like it does all the time. I worked with a girl who had them. She was half white and half black. She spent a lot of money to have them put in. This was when she was in high school. Then she couldnt afford to have themmaintained so you could always see the little rubber band things in her hair and it really looked stupid. Now she is attending hairdresser college and she has them in again and I still dont like them.So NO not for me.

I pretty much wear only dresses and skirts. But in the winter, I only wear dresses that I can wear with leggings and boots. I live in Chicago. Life is far too short to suffer through cold legs. Sheer panty hose are better than nothing but seriously not enough for the winter. I live in fleece line leggings from November until April or so.