the more it snows tiddely-pom . . .

[ice-is-forming]

I've got cold toes - its getting to be colder and i refuse to spend another winter in a flat with no carpet and no suitable toe-warming-device.

i'm loathe to use the word slippers *shudder* but there must be something out there?

any ideas how to keep my toes warm?

and before you all rush off to google i have finally accepted after several years of anguish that nobody makes puffer fish shaped footwear

wiskers

The more it SNOWS tiddely-pom
The more it GOES tiddely-pom
The more it GOES tiddely-pom
On snowing
On snowing

And nobody KNOWS tiddely-pom
How cold my TOES tiddely-pom
How cold my TOES tiddely-pom
Are Growing
Are Growing

ladys tights under your trousers, and replace the steel toe capped boots with iron fileing capped ones ( they sell iron fileing stuff in motorbike shops)

 

[liquidlunch]

Google ugg boot and take a peek at one of the best feet/leg warmers going around.sort of soft flying boot but woolier

 

[WasGeri]

Google ugg boot and take a peek at one of the best feet/leg warmers going around.sort of soft flying boot but woolier

I know the things you mean - they look like outdoor boots but they are really slippers?

They sell them in Debenhams.

 

[redsnapper]

I've heard it's gonna be a harsh winter so I'm going down this route and given that you've got no carpet and you don't like slippers I think you could do a lot worse than joining me in my choice of winter foot wear

 

[wiskey]

sold!

hardly slip on slip off but i'm gonna get me some of those

 

[wiskey]

Google ugg boot and take a peek at one of the best feet/leg warmers going around.sort of soft flying boot but woolier

you need to know something

ugg boots and wiskers should never ever be used in the same sentance

 

[geminisnake]

I didn't manage to get Hoggs socks, the shop that sells them has a quaint tradition of shutting at 12 on a Saturday
I did, however, manage to get some Buckler socks, which are 75% wool, which I think is the same as the Hoggs

 

[wiskey]

yay

thankyou - are they purple?

have they got puffer fish on them??

 

[geminisnake]

No and not yet. I DO have fabric paint though, do I have enough time and patience more importantly??

 

[wiskey]

you're nuts

much more importantly are they soft, and warm, and snuggly?


mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[wiskey]

they arent made from bald highland coos are they?????

 

[geminisnake]

Would I have suggested them were they not soft, warm and snuggly??

Would I have many pairs of them for myself if they were not the above??

No, they're no made fae coos!!

 

[wiskey]

*phew*

panic over.

they sound great

time for a picture to adore the coos

 

[JTG]

they arent made from bald highland coos are they?????

Of course not.

They're made from hairy heilan' coos

 

[wiskey]

i am without doubt the most luckiest wiskers ever

AND they've got purple puffer fish on them!!!!!!

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[geminisnake]

That is one cool fire surround!! I want one

Glad you liked 'em

 

[rennie]

wool socks.

 

[wiskey]

right so - almost a year on exactly and i'm back to the cold toes situation

obviously all the suggestions earlier in the thread still apply (apart from redsnappers) but i'm still slipperless.

gemini did indeed make me the bestest puffer fish socks ever but i wore them lots whilst i was recouperating and they have sort of lost their shape.

and whats more is that now we live in a house with no carpet downstairs and a tiled kitchen floor! (however it does have a 'plinth heater' which puffs out hot air over yer toes as you make coffee).

any ideas?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Enid Laundromat got me a pair of amazingly warm slippers from primark...£3
Sort of fake sheepskin moccasins

 

[Mrs Magpie]

...a bit like this but dark brown...they're really toasty

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Slippers are great. I looked forward for years to becoming the sort of age where I could get away with wearing them again. Now all I need is a stick.

 

[equationgirl]

socks?

and i think a nice blanky is always a good idea...

Blankies ROCK

 

[wiskey]

Enid Laundromat got me a pair of amazingly warm slippers from primark...£3
Sort of fake sheepskin moccasins

i wonder if they do them in size 9 - i doubt it. maybe i should just go and buy some horrid mens ones, cos thats all that seems to be out there.

they'll probably be cord

 

[wtfftw]

 

[wiskey]

Blankies ROCK

i've got a blanket for when i sit at the computer. but i want something to walk around in.

socks arent very practical as i'm not too good on the stairs and i need grippyness.

 

[wiskey]

yes - find me them in size 9 and i'll get em

(you wont btw)

 

[wtfftw]

yes - find me them in size 9 and i'll get em

(you wont btw)

I don't think size matters much with that type of footwear tbh. I've had big animal slippers that have been worn by feet ranging from 7 to 14...

 

[*Miss*Sparkle*]

i wonder if they do them in size 9 - i doubt it. maybe i should just go and buy some horrid mens ones, cos thats all that seems to be out there.

they'll probably be cord

I've also got big feet, but I found some nice slippers in muji for about £6 iirc. They are quite plain - they're made out of grey and black stripey tshirt type material. I seem to remember they had some camoflague print ones as well, if that's your sort of thing.

 

[Elvis Parsley]

if you don't mind the added expense of getting them from the US this site has some good comedy options, slipper-wise.

i quite like these ones

but maybe you'd prefer these