warm feet

[indigo_rose99]

We have made the somewhat crazy decision to spend a week in a cabin in the cold cold North as part of our vacation plan. No internet, but lots of cold air.

T insisted that snow boots are a must. He had none and went shopping. I had some and pulled them out.... to discover that sitting on a shelf for 16 years is not good for whatevever they were made of. They started falling to pieces in my hands. I could have let a lovely black path anywhere I walked.

"I'll just wear my hike boots." I told T. He glowered in that way he has and started looking for snow boots for me. "No, sweetie, it is ok! My hike boots are perfectly comfortable." He muttered and kept making me try on snow boots at various stores. At long last he found a pair that he thought I could live with (same brand as my hike boots, Vasque) and I gave in. They arrived all new and pristine and T started asking me to break them in by wearing them around the house.

And then I discovered the strangest thing.

See, I've been COLD this season. Actually cold! After spending last "winter" in the Philippines, it has been lovely and exotic to pile on 3 shirts, a sweater, 2 pairs of pants, heavy fuzzy socks and slippers to work in every day. And then I'm still cold!  Don't be impressed -- the thermometer next to my desk says it is 68F. It is just me, not the house.

But then came the snow boots... And while wearing them I have found myself wearing... almost normal clothes around the house. I've been comfortable! Seemingly because my feet are warm, I am much warmer in general. So weird!

I thought we were supposed to wear hats to keep all our heat in.

Comments

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Um, if one of you goes out and doesn't come back when expected, don't send one more person out looking, and then after a while one more person looking for both of them, etc., until you're all in the horror movie. Okay?

I was going to make some smart-alec remark about you Ballards and your so-called comfortable shoes, but the ending of your story was just too happy. Thank you Travis!

Of course now you might need two pairs, one for inside and one for outside.

Two pairs of snow boots

[indigo-rose99.livejournal.com]

This idea has already occurred to T. I'm making weak efforts to talk him into letting me retain my current pair of slippers instead of having an indoor pair of snow boots in the long term, but I suspect he is enjoying the idea of me having indoor warm feet too much.