Today is an absolutely beautiful day in New Orleans. The temperature is in the upper 50's and sunny. After about 10 days of dreary rainy and cold. I was finally able to let those hit the pavement. I rode my bike and went to my yoga class, barefoot of course:sunny:.:applause: . Unfortunately, that wonderful barefoot feeling must end, as I must get ready for work in an hour.:$
I am in New York where it is cold and we get lots of snow. But I am STILL barefoot pretty much all the time -- including when I go outside and go places. I keep a close watch on the air temperature and as long as the air temperature is above freezing (32F) then I can spend a good amount of time outside barefoot in the snow without any problems. I work for myself at home, so no job makes me put on shoes. I go to the post office every day to send packages and I always do it barefoot. The postal employees have gotten used to it, but some still comment about it and make an effort to check my lack of footwear. Just last week, someone asked me if I was cold. I told them NO, that I am quite comfortable. I had on several layers of shirts/sweatshirt/parka plus a knit cap. I told the lady that because I had on a hat and coat, that maintians my body heat nicely and that very little heat is lost thru my bare feet. So far this winter, I have only been forced to wear shoes outside twice because of the temperature. Also so far, I have only had a few instances of minor frostbite where I stayed outside barefoot in the snow for too long. But if I get someplace where I can soak my feet in warm water, the frostbite goes away and there are no long-term consequences other than peeling skin from the blisters that develop from frostbite. Aside from paying close attention to the air temperature, being barefoot in the snow means you also cannot ignore your feet when they tell you it has been long enough and I need to get warm quickly. For me, the sign is when the bottoms of my feet start to hurt. Of course, toes that turn whitish in color also are an indicator. The key to enjoying your time barefoot in the snow is to keep active by doing something -- taking a walk, walking the dog, fetching the mail, working in the yard, shoveling snow, etc. I joke with people and tell them how I NEVER get snow in my boots when I shovel snow or clean the snow off of my car -- because I don't WEAR boots when I do those chores. It's cold here with lots of snow, but I enjoy being barefoot in the snow as much as possible. Barefooting is fun in warmer weather, but I like the snow, too. I must be slightly insane, who knows?
That's awesome. I'm able to be barefoot at work which is one of the best aspects of my job. I had two co-workers who would always lose their shoes once they got to work, but one of them left. Still it's great to have an a barefoot friend there. I'm trying to train my feet to take the colder temps, but its a work in progress. It does get easier though as long as I stay persistent. I just wish I didn't have to keep a pair of shoes around for venturing into some shops, but oh well, I'll take what I can get!
With all but our very harshest weather, I can take sandals just around town, into shops, whatever. There are times when even this wee bit of exposure isn't a good idea though. Safety must be nearby--- Today, we got up to 12 for the high. I had to wear shoes working in the woods and pruning, but as soon as I got back to the truck, off they came. I drove bf to Bar Harbor, then realized I had to get out of the truck and look around the way back for my sandals. So for about 3 minutes I was barefoot in minimal snowcover at 12 degrees and it felt great. Probably couldn't have pushed it much longer than that. Long before frost bite can come, I have the nearby safety of the driver's seat. EDIT:--I know this sounds cold to you, but 12 with full sun and light wind is actually very nice. It was MUCH colder last week, and will be again soon. I don't mess around too much with that--
I know what you mean Cool, this past weekend it was fairly cool, mid 30's which isn't bad but it was also wet, it was too warm for snow/ice so the rain was COLD to stand in for any length of time.
my feet are cold, but they are still bare. I just moved back to Georgia where its getting into the 20's (was in San Diego), but trying to adapt. A girl in my office seems to have a problem with me being barefoot even though I have a pair of shoes just in case they want me to put them on. It's funny, before I was sent out to build the business I had 2 other girls in the office bare, but now this new girl has some sort of issue with feet, which is, in turn made my last barefoot friend feel bad (lost 1 of the sole mates). Any ideas how to fight it and get Sara back in?
Unfortunately, the very few who have had a problem with me enough to "go and tell" someone on me, for being bf were girls. That upsets me. Though I don't expect it to be any sort of turn on for most, neither do I expect my way of being bf to be a turn off either. I'm big on being considerate around any who might be a problem. Means being clean (I've discussed before that I'm not able to be a black sole person, and this is one reason why.)
