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Surprise! Rainbow Toe Socks!
Friday, January 22, 2010 Do you know what's fabulous?
Completely forgetting about your post office box for over a month-and-a-half and then finally remembering it again upon receiving an e-mail from POG telling you that you have mail and a small package to pick up. It's all Surprise! You get stuff!
Do you know what's even more fabulous?
Surprise! In that small package are a pair of rainbow toe socks from Kylene of Inking My Thinking!
When I was in grade four, there was this girl named Deanna, and I thought she was so cool. We all had squeaky, three-dollar plastic recorders, but she had a real wooden one in a velvet-lined case. My roller skates were made of thin leatherette, but her rollerskates were made of real leather and had red piping along the seams. All the girls wore little tennis socks with pom-poms at the ankle, but she wore rainbow toe socks. RAIN. BOW. TOE. SOCKS.
I coveted those rainbow toe socks. I daydreamed elaborate thievery schemes. I tried to explain them to my mother, who refused to believe that I really needed foot gloves. I became embarrassingly creepy about my desire for these socks and snuck into the changing room during Physical Education one afternoon so that I could fondle Deanna's socks through the slats in her plastic basket locker. They felt fine and soft compared to my greying tennis socks with their ratty pom-poms.
Come to think of it, my love for those rainbow toe socks was a little demented.
Twenty-nine years later, Kylene has fulfilled my eight-year-old self's fondest wish, and the rainbow toe socks are finally mine. Thank you, Kylene! If I still had my sticker collection, I would totally give you my favourite puffy sticker that smelled like bananas.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Rainbow toe socks 4ever! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Reader Comments (15)
i had a pair of rainbow toe socks that I desperately loved but could not wear. I would stare at them longingly in my sock drawer. I just could not abide by the horrible feeling of them bunching up between my toes
love them- I am afraid of them, but I love them. xo
I have a pair of rainbow toe socks, too, bought during my toe sock craze a few years back. I haven't worn them since.
I almost bought a pair the other day. Now I'm wishing I had!
Those are awesome. Now I want to knit some.
Way. Too. Cool.
I totally get the sock fetish thing!
I hadn't worn mine (I've got three pairs all rainbow'd up) in years but I saw them this morning in my drawer and the laundry was going so I put them on. No sooner than a half hour later you posted about rainbow socks and I now I feel creeped out by that coincidence.
Though none of my rainbow toe socks go up that high on my leg as yours do.
Blood and Honey, it seems that rainbow toe socks are reasserting themselves universally. We must remain vigilant!
I'm glad they finally made it! I sent them ages ago and I wasn't totally sure I put on enough postage.
I'm especially glad that you like them! Yea!! :)
Enjoy!
(And if you ever need another pair, I got them from SockDreams.com)
Am I the only one who feels weird while wearing toe socks? My toes scream at me, "HELP! I'M CONTAINED!"
My tootsies long to be free.
<3 <3 <3 LOVE.
I have a pair of these same rainbow toe socks. I like them, but I can't wear them with shoes. It's like the extra fabric between the toes increases the width of my feet sufficiently that the shoes squish them and make them hurt. I hope you do not experience this heartache.
those are friggin ADORABLE
I used to wear socks just like this in place of soccer socks during games.
Wow, that's bright. I always choose silly tights and socks for my daughters and they hate me for it.
Toe sock? Hmm, don't look very comfy.
Cute.