hose first .... you never know when you'll need to water the flowers..... dangit, this isn't the gardening forum is it?!

sorry ...I thought it was funny

Then again I've worn normal socks and cloth leg wrappings (essentially cheap scarves) tied with boot laces (actually a variant of the 'leggings thing' I rather like) for 10 months of daily kilt 'out-and-abouting' and just got my first hose socks this month so maybe I'm not good for advice on this issue.