We were pulling some late hours, trying to meet the deadline for an important project. She was moving her legs and feet around a lot, which I thought was due to restlessness from stressing over the deadline. The truth was that her feet were getting hot and sweaty, and these new beige nylon socks she bought, were really itchy . It's not unusual for my wife to have trouble keeping her shoes on at work, but seeing her feet move so rapidly was a bit out of the ordinary. "Goodness, these stockings are so itchy! " she later told me, and the heat and sweat was only exacerbating the problem.