Sloggers

Greta told me about her new garden shoes, Sloggers.  I had never heard of them, but since I sometimes live in the dark ages, I asked Megan and Hilary.  Neither of them had heard of Sloggers either.  So I investigated.

Not really too interested.  After all I have old tennis shoes in the sunroom that I wear outside for working in the yard, planting flowers, raking leaves, mowing the lawn.  I don't need to spend money on shoes to get dirty when I already have plenty of shoes that have been relegated to the 'still good enough to wear around the house but not good enough to wear out in public' category.

But..I do think the rainboots are so cute.  Tessa has a cute pair  Landon and Cooper have pairs of rainboots.   They have fun in their rainboots, and I have seen rainboots for grown-up people in stores too. In fact the last time we were in Rural King in Lafayette, I checked out the rainboots and found a pair I really liked...but decided I didn't really need them.

Then Greta showed me he Sloggers at The Barn when we celebrated Landon's birthday.  Cute shoes.

Then she sent me a link and the Sloggers were on sale.  Cute selection with different colors and patterns.

New concern - what about the insides?  I didn't want the to feel like galoshes and the rainboots I looked at that had the vinyl insides.  That would make my feet sweat, and i wouldn't like that at all.

Ok...I will order a pair and see what I think. I can always return them.  I selected a pair kinda peachy in color.  I showed them to Gary and he wasn't too thrilled about them.  Then I showed him a black pair with bright red poppies.  He said "Hey, I like those!" so that was enough for me.  I ordered them.

Today I was bustling around the living room, running the sweeper, putting away the Willow Tree nativity finally, straightening up the random pens lying all over the place, and I glanced out the picture window.  A red jeep with black lightning bolts was in the drive, flashing light on the top, and I noticed US MAIL written on the side.  Delivery!  My Sloggers?

Yes, indeed.  My Sloggers.  When I opened them, they were pretty darn cute.  I really liked them. The insides are more like the insides of a tennis shoe with some padding and cushion.  I tried them one and walked around the house for a bit.  Pretty comfy.

The more I think about it, I can see myself slipping on these shoes to run out to the mailbox.  I wouldn't need socks and they would be warmer and keep my feet drier than the usual sandals or flipflops that I usually put on.  I dislike spending the time to put on socks, tennis shoes, and tie them just to run outside.  These would work perfectly.  Also if they get wet from walking across all of the wet leaves, they will dry!  No more ruined shoes from the wet outdoors. 

Cute shoes!