Comments on: How we keep Warm

By: bethany

bethany — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:14:56 +0000

i was under the impression only abnormal people wore socks….

hahahaha good response niquita, please don’t tell me that was a real email = )

By: Gabihime

Gabihime — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:42:09 +0000

I am happy for new colors! I took advantage of your clear out and bought four more pairs, so now I have them in all the colors you carry XD. I fall inside the size overlap, natch, so now I have two pairs of smalls and four of mediums. For socks to wear outside of the house I am slowly going through all the different varieties of your OTK Dream stockings. I love having so many colors and thread contents to choose from. I love the long cuffables :D

By: niqkita

niqkita — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:39:49 +0000

Me too, I am a huge fan of the thick & bulky! super comfy, super warm. We're clearing out the mediums right now because we found the smalls fit up to 9.5 -10 and that is where the large ones pick up. Next we're hoping to bring in some new colors.

By: olivia

olivia — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:30:53 +0000

AHAHAHAhahahahaha! Oh thats a CLASSIC Niq! Like, for realz.

Gabihime I totally agree! As someone who always has cold toes and fingers, even in the height of summer, those are just my best best most favourite pair. I absolutely must get more this Winter.

By: Gabihime

Gabihime — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:09:14 +0000

I have really poor circulation due to a heart condition that leaves me with chronically low blood pressure. I'm kind of used to my toenails and fingernails showing mild signs of cyanosis just because my body really can't keep them warm unless I'm curled up like a beanpod in a blanket. I love socks and have always loved socks, but generally, even my warmest and comfiest socks don't actually stop my feet from being cold. Usually they just keep my feet from getting colder, even after wearing them for hours. I had resigned myself to a hot bath being the only way to warm them up in some kind of timely fashion. Then I ordered a pair of the thick and bulky bootsocks, put them on my feet and I believe I actually emoted exclamation points, because my feet started to warm up. These socks have now completely replaced whatever house socks I was wearing before. I would totally recommend them to anyone looking for a comfy house sock, because they are so comfortable and not constraining and they allow my feet, which generate almost no warmth of their own, to warm up. Hurrah for warm feet!

By: niqkita

niqkita — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:31:23 +0000

An actual letter, exactly as submitted…
since I cannot email her, I shall post it here:

Name: jessica
Email: smith

Message:
Okay so like, this is not what i think of when i have a sock dream, ok? i mean rly what font is this site in anyway? its totally not readable. and second like, there are no sock contests? how can i ever hope to win ne free socks, since i cant afford these ones youre selling. u should like, consider an ‘economic slump’ section with actually affordable socks for regular people who wear socks like me.

Well, we do have a sale & clearance section with a lot of great deals, not to mention tons of socks that are reasonably priced and FREE SHIPPING. The font, last time I checked was Georgia, just a little rounder and friendlier than ariel & times, but not all fancy like comic sans or papyrus. Um, yeah, that is pretty much all I have to say to her. We had a good laugh and went on about our very busy days of dealing with real customers.

By: Maryann Devine

Maryann Devine — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:26:19 +0000

Glad it was easy to fix!

By the way, I’m a new customer and I loooove my socks. Esp Cronert Ribbed Wool OTK. It’s not all that cold in Philadelphia comparatively, but I’m sensitive to the cold, and these lovely socks help when I take my elderly dog out multiple times per day! They make me happy.

By: niqkita

niqkita — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:21:25 +0000

Okay, this is weird, I have tried googling the above mentioned hack a couple of times since this happened and with just the keywords wda sucks, the top result was Alice’s blog, very curious indeed!

By: niqkita

niqkita — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:50:03 +0000

Hacked and fixed, all within 3 minutes ~=)
We don’t believe it was specific to us, just someone utilizing a WordPress vulnerability. Upgrading, changed password and toes are crossed that it won’t happen again.

By: Maryann Devine

Maryann Devine — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:47:30 +0000

Hi. I just subscribed to the Sock Journal, and I just wanted to let you know that the post that came through my reader a couple of hours ago read “WDA SUCKS” over and over again.

Hacked?

Just thought you’d like to know.