Getting caught in the Rain.

wouldnt have bothered me at all to walk or run in the rain barefoot. I would have probably did that barefoot thing and danced in it.

I make sure all the shoes I wear are able to withstand the weather so when I make a mad dash it has always been because I do not want to get the rest of me wet. Footwear is the furtherest thought from my mind.

I would have waited for the rain to let up and if I couldn't wait and was worried about my sandles, I would have taken them off and put them in the bag. The way I think I won't be seeing these people again, they don't know me and I don't know them.

I have actually taken my shoes off and rain barefoot to my car - I was on lunch break from work and new my 'wet shoes' would be horribly uncomfortable the rest of the day. When I got to work I took my panty-hose off in the ladies room and dried them best I could. I was fine :) Ok so people may have looked at me strangly but sure it gave some a laugh so it was a good thing in my book :)

for me, there is no mad dash...i walk with a cane and it takes me forever, so my wonderful hubby usually goes and gets the van for me so i dont get too wet (he can run, i cant)- wouldnt your hubby go get the car? its some weather we have been having lately eh?

For me, I think I would take a mad dash and run for the hell of it if i'm alone, but with others, it would be a majority vote. We could always just hang out for awhile at the mall for abit, but if the case where the rain would not subside, maybe call someone up to pick you up.

Yesterday i was too in the same situation. Mom wanted to buy some clothes and i took my bike for city ride. When we got in there, then started rain. We had to wait for 1.5 hours there. To leave time we had coffee and snacks from same shopping marl. Thanks

I usually wear sneakers, and I run in the rain. Most people I know worry about their hair. I choose not to worry at all. I can understand, though, if you are wearing nice leather sandals. Some places will loan you an umbrella, but again, that does not help your feet. I would make my judgment about going barefoot on what kind of parking lot it is. Gravel would definitely not be what I would run on in the rain, barefoot. Not much of any other time, either. My take on people seeing me do stuff is that if they know me, they will understand, if they do not know me, they will not care, and I likely will never see them again, so it does not matter.

Nothing better than a Tim Hortons coffee to me, so I would have no doubt had another cup of coffee and waited for the rain to ease up, then leave.

We got caught in a horrible rainstorm last week coming out of IHOP! Like you I didn't believe the weatherman so didn't take my umbrella with me. Of course I had my flip flops on and almost fell getting to my husbands truck which he pulled up to the restaurant so I wouldn't have to get soaked....which I did anyway even in the short distance I had to go. Yes, I would have gone to the food court in a mall to wait it out.

Hi Suspenseful, I would have taken sandals off and made a made dash for it barefoot, nobody would have taken any notice I'm sure as they were probably more interested in getting to their cars and out of the rain. I find rain really refreshing to be out in but only if then going straight home, I don't like to get wet on route to somewhere. Glad you didn't ruin another pair of sandals. Ellie :D

I get caught in the rain all the time. My job is downtown in all the traffic and weather and so if it rains I'm there in the middle of it all. I've also found that a good hat is best for rain. Once your head stays dry its okay.

In your position maybe i would have looked for a pair of cheap flip flops to wear in the rain, so that my leather sandals won't get wet.In that case you need not make a mad dash into the car.Or maybe hang out a little bit more at the mall. But in my case i wouldn't mind getting soaked in the rain, barefooted, running to my car.I love getting drenched in the rain but not in a rainstorm.

I'm agree with u about the weatherman is sometimes wrong. I guess,they always wrong,but it's not their fault.you know,the weather,who can predict? lol I got totally wet yesterday,coz when i went to bus station,the rain was pouring down like cats and dogs,too. Even though,I take an umbrella, it can only scratch the surface.

I'd've probably gone back in and gotten an umbrella - but I don't wear cheap glued shoes, because my feet are VERY expensive - I've been to LOTS of doctors over the darn things and have to buy expensive orthopedic type shoes. I have learned that if my back gets chilled I tend to get sick - don't ask me why/how, it just happens.

What is so embarrassing about walking barefoot I ask? I have done it several times in public and not thought twice. Once when I was in a store, I took off my shoes because I got a cramp in my foot. The store manager saw me, and tried to make me put my shoes back on. I told him "The sign says 'No shirt, no shoes, no service.' I have shoes, see?" I held them up to show the manager. "It doesn't say that I have to have the shoes on my feet, just that I have to have them!" My mom and brother laughed out loud at me. I am the card of the family lol. But I digress, I don't have the prettiest feet in the world. Heck, I really don't like feet for real. But I am not embarrassed to show them, why should you be?

I know you live in Winnipeg as I used to and as my family does, so none of them mentioned to me that it rained the other day. I talk to my mom almost daily and she said it was very hot these days, but didn't mention anything about rain. I guess she just forgot or maybe I didn't talk to her the day you posted this. What mall did you go to? My favourite mall in Winnipeg was the Kildonan mall. I also like to go to St Vital Mall and Gardencity Mall and Polo Park. The only thing I didn't like about Polo Park is the parking can be bad, hard to find a spot. I now live in Calgary and we have had so much rain this year, we broke many records. But for the last week or more, we haven't had much, till last night. I was actually glad to see the rain last night because it is so dry here. I never thought I would ever say that, as it rained for about 2 months here, almost every day. Today, Aug. 18th it is going to be 33 degrees and with the humidity they say it will feel like 40 degrees. Not looking forward to that, as I have to go to work and I clean houses and it will be so hot and hard to work. But we have to work, no choice. At least we, my daughter and I, only have 3 houses to clean so it will only take us about 3 1/2 hours. It is now 9:42 am and it already is 24 degrees out. I don't have to go to work till 11 am today since it is a slow day, so I am mylotting for awhile before I go to work.

I'd take off the sandals and walk to the car. You get just as wet running as you do walking. And the heck with what people think, it'll give them something to talk about and they'll leave someone else alone while they're talking about me! I have a little fold-up umbrella I keep in the car but that wouldn't do much good in your situation!

I would wait for a few minutes to see if it stopped or slowed down at least. If it did not I might ask one of the stores for a couple of bags to tie on my feet. Some stores will not give out empty bags though. I guess it would depend on how far away the car was if I would run barefoot to it. It is was close I might, but if it was far I probably wouldn't because I wouldn't want to risk stepping on something and hurting my bare foot.