Pantyhose woes!

Well, I haven't posted in a while due to the fact nothing earth shaking has happened, but last week I had something happen that has NEVER happened before! I was at a trainng meeting in Lubbock all last week. Well, the first night we were there we went shopping of course! I was looking for some brown boots. Now, I haven't owned a pair of boots since the 80's, but I had seen a few women my age wearing them and they really looked cute, so I had bought a new brown skirt that absolutely needed brown boots. Well, now I know where all this extra weight has been lurking -- in my CALVES! I tried pair after pair and couldn't get them either to zip or to pull up! When did this happen??????????? I bravely kept looking at store after store with no luck! Finally we went back to the motel and that is when I noticed a Payless shoe store across from our hotel. After I dropped off my shopping buddies, I made a beeline for Payless. No luck there either, but there was a Cato next door. I wandered in there and didn't see any boots at all. The saleswoman pointed me over to the far wall and there was the exact boots I had been looking for! They even zipped up - with a little extra tugging! OK , now the best part was that they were only $27.99!!!! I happily slapped down my plastic and out the door I went! The next morning I pulled on pantyhose - first time since last winter -- and slipped on my new boots and viola! they zipped up! I felt really good in a cute coral colored sweater and my new brown skirt and boots. Now, as the day wore on, my calves were rebelling at the constricting they were receiving, but at our last break, I went up to my room to use the bathroom. When I got back down to the meeting, I was fixing me a glass of ice tea when a lady I really didn't know at all pressed up behind me and whispered the words no woman ever wants to hear! "Your skirt is tucked up in your pantyhose!" she said. Well, needless to say, embarrassment flooded over me! Who had been on the elevator with me? Who was walking behind me down the long hallway? How many had noticed? I immediately jerked the offensive skirt back in place and took my tea to my seat and hoped my face wasn't as coral colored as my sweater! I was mortified to say the least!!!!!!!! The next day I finally had the courage to ask this sweet considerate lady if I was flashing everyone with my rear. She graciously assured me that my skirt had been full enough to drape over my posterier and nothing was showing, but she had a similar skirt and knew that it wasn't supposed to be gathered up on one side! I thanked her profusely!!! Guess that's what a 49 year old woman gets when she sets out to look cute!