Ha! I clicked on my edit button, but then when I finished typing it told me my post was too old. So much for gloating…. JK.
Thanks again for your advice, but it’s been an ongoing problem – your last suggestion wouldn’t work in the summer.
BTW – I don’t know if you’re reading me wrong. My family is yeshivish, my father is in chinuch… but I guess sometimes frustration takes over, and when I’m bedieved tznius (like if I take tiny baby steps, you won’t see my ankles under my robe), then they’ll get upset if I tell them I want to put on tights.