Enjoy your dancing, but you take any excuse to buy more Scottish attire don't you. Another jacket now, eh? ..and a waistcoat... lol Next it'll be another sporran and more kilts. Who knows where your addiction will end. ;)

Re: the shoes. As you know, my wife and I dance (ballroom/Latin/social). The shoes you have have a suede sole and will have to be "brushed" every once in a while, but it doesn't look like there is much padding for the bottom of your foot. It'll only take one full day of dancing, before you realize that our feet weren't meant to be on hard floors all day. Plantar faciitis will feel like pins or needles in the bottoms of your feet, and once you have it, it's with you for life.

"I normally buy the highland dance ghillies rather than what he describes as country dance shoes and when he introduced shock absorbing soles for these I upgraded to this version for extra protection to feet, knees and hips. I certainly don't regret doing this." Glen, this is excellent advice.

Check out the properties of this photo.

It's a Canadian site.

I began dancing in a kilt at an early age when my grandmother and then eldest aunt were the presidents of the Daughters of Scotland. I took highland dance lessons for about seven years till the age of fourteen. More recently, I've danced a fling and twasome with my daughter while she took dance lessons. My wife and I have two sets of lessons today; ballroom/Latin this afternoon and west coast swing tonight. We work with "2seawithz" as dance instructors on cruise ships.

Dancing will provide you with great fun. Best wishes and enjoy!