quote Fluidity
I admire Carole and her love for games (AC, what good taste) at her age; it's so awesome. I wish more people were like her. 
As for shoes, I can't wait to get boots for the snowy weather. I always felt bad for my AC characters trudging through the snow in their little sneakers. ._.
Aw, thank you. I played games a lot way back when (1980's and early 1990's), but then got all caught up in my career and family, and didn't have the time for games or anything else that I wanted to do. Life was good but pretty much no "me time" back then. So now that I am 64 and retired, at last I have more time to play video games and there are sure some good ones available to play while I wait for New Leaf!
I agree, boots would be great for snowy weather! I usually make sure there is a knit cap available for my character when winter approaches.
Dressing for the weather is sometimes a little tough. When it is raining hard, I usually put an explorer hat on my character when fishing since we cannot hold an umbrella and a fishing pole both at once.
It would be nice if our characters could go barefoot in the summer and while swimming!