RE: shoes
Yup, definitely not the shoes fault for escalator accidents. I never wore crocs but I got caught several times in different kinds of shoes! (Very bad, I'm a horrible escalator rider. In the worst accident I had, I tore a large chuck of flesh off my knee in my secondary school days but then I was trying to walk up a downward going escalator as I was trying to go back to look for my class)
Star,
Oh, are you the second highest poster in this thread? Wah, I dunno how to survive tonight without Internet...
Linda,
Have you taken any medication recently? I once got itchy hives for a week after taking a single antibiotic pill! If the rash is only on exposed portions of your body, it may be chemical/gas/dirt induced. New body cream? Something on bed?