Ow.

So in preparation for my trip to D.C., I decided to explore some summer-y shoe options. Really, this meant one option, which was my Doc Marten Mary Janes. I bought these a while back, and wear them occasionally. But today, I decided to wear them without socks, to see how that would work out.

Suffice it to say, badly. I got off work at noon, and we headed down the street to get some lunch. Then we took a bus up to Volunteer Park, where the wedding was going to be. By the time the wedding was over, my feet were already giving me trouble. Then we decided to walk over to Lake View Cemetery, to see Bruce and Brandon Lee's graves. Since Lake View is right there, it seemed like a good plan. Well, my feet were killing me by the time we found their graves, so of course they were not happy for the rest of the time. We took a couple of buses and headed over to Capitol Hill for the reception, and I found a pair of socks at the drugstore. At that point, I didn't care how lame it looked.

Finally got home just a little while ago, and I have at least one blister on the bottom of my foot. My heels are fine, because I put moleskin in the heels of the shoes last night. But there's some weird seams on the inside soles, and that's what gave me a blister. *sigh* So I may just be wearing my normal Docs with skirts, regardless of how silly that looks. I just can't do sandals most of the time, and I'd rather have slightly substantial shoes, since I'm not sure how much walking we'll be doing out there.

Between my feet and being in a fancy dress all day, I am so done with dressing up. :) But the wedding was wonderful, and I couldn't be happier for my friends! :)

Whee!

Had a pretty nice weekend, despite the fact that I think I almost melted on Saturday. It got up close to 90 degrees, and while 80 wasn't bothering me much (mainly because I was inside most of Friday), 90 was a bit much. However, we now have a fan for the living room and two for the bedroom, so I think we can survive the summer.

Saturday was Exalted, and we decided to play outside until the bugs started bothering us and we couldn't read the dice anymore. :) Pretty good game all around, but it seems that my games always start trickling off around 10:30. This may have to do with the fact that I generally turn into a pumpkin around 10:00, even on the weekends. Ah well, I think it was a good game, and the good news is that we're finally reaching the portion of the game where there are things to follow up on. So it's back to Nexus for the next game to follow up on some things. The end result of this for me: less planning is necessary.

Sunday, I went to the University District Street Fair with a bunch of EtsyRain folks and families, and it was a pretty good time. My only complaint is that I opted to NOT wear my silly black straw hat, and ended up with a partial sunburn on my face for my efforts. It's kind of funny, really, because you can basically see where I actually hit my face with the sunscreen stick. This means the middle of my forehead is still white, but right at my hairline is red. This may also be a product of only having SPF 30 to use for my face, while I slathered on the SPF 45 for my tattoos and other exposed body parts. However, I have now seen a commercial for SPF 75, and I think I'm going to get that before Mayhem, in July.

And now, a fashion question for my friendly readers. What shoes do you wear with a knee-length, very wide A-line-ish skirt, when you have to walk quite a bit? Yes, I'm looking for practical shoes. Or justification that I can wear my Docs with a skirt and not look too dorky. :) (Wait, who am I kidding? Mostly I don't care about looking dorky. But I'm still asking the question.)