Socks to Be You

My parents came back from their most recent spate of travels with gifts in tow!

Well, a gift.

For me!

With much fanfare and ado, my mother presented me with...a pair of socks!

She announced, with ceremonial oohing and aahing and gewing and gawing, that she had spent hours picking them out, and were they ok, and so on and so forth.

I felt as if I were missing something, seeing as how they were, quite frankly, a 3-pack of ankle-length white socks (native to almost any retail outlet across the world). Although to their credit and hers, the keepers of feet were marked "Extra Soft" with a delightful traditional Anglo-style known as "argyle" pattern on the back of each ankle.

Another pair of socks I own. I have really small feet, hee hee.
photo courtesy of Flickr and zak_greant

My dad, as if to fully confirm that something was off about the whole charade of a gift-giving, continued with "She really couldn't decide which ones to get! She spent forever choosing them!"

Then my mother pressed onward with "Are they ok? I mean, really, do you like them? Because I want to make sure you like them."

My father said, "Yes. Please. Tell us. Be honest."

I felt like yelling, quite meanly, "They're just socks, people!"

But I didn't. And I can thank my good breeding for that. Now with what accompanying garments to whip out these toe ticklers and for which occasion, I just can't decide!

No, really, I can't!

No.

Really.

For real.