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Slippers! Not just for Christmas

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MawBe Wed 09-Jun-21 08:09:04

Do you wear slippers around the house, just for getting out of bed - -at all? And how often do you replace them?
There is something very grannyish about slippers isn’t there- the image of “carpet slippers” or “pipe and slippers”
My mum never wore slippers, preferring light shoes which she designated “house shoes” and claimed she felt safer as well as better dressed in them. Likewise I don’t really like them except for bed-to-bathroom trips and usually wear a pair of Skechers throughout the day.
Anyway way, since Rosie moved in I have had to retrieve my slippers once too often from the garden and am obliged to sleep with them in bed beside me. And I have become uncomfortably aware of their presence ?
So they need replacing. I am actually quite ashamed of the fact that it had not occurred to me until right under my nose as it were. No wonder she found them irresistible ??
Go on, so when did you last buy a new pair of slippers?

annifrance Thu 10-Jun-21 12:42:47

I have Hotter slippers for winter when it is very cold here. During summer it is very hot so I am now on a mission to find the perfect summer slippers. Any ideas, it needs to have a solid sole.?

In the UK I was barefoot, but here even with the highest temperatures our house stays really cool and we have tiled floors so even then it is too cold to go barefoot. The walls are
nearly 50cm thick so it is a joy to walk into when it's hot, but only wearing shoes!

Davida1968 Thu 10-Jun-21 12:37:33

Always wear slippers inside a home but (on medical advice) I have a pair of shoes which are my designated slippers. These give more support.

SueEH Thu 10-Jun-21 12:33:20

I never wore slippers but treated myself to a real sheepskin pair with rubber soles last winter. And I love them! No sweaty feet and can potter around outside in them too.

jaylucy Thu 10-Jun-21 12:30:40

I wear slippers when it's cold and a pair of my old mule sandals when it warms up.
I hate walking around with bare feet - even more so since I found that I had stood on a large spider as I got out of bed in the middle of the night to go to the loo a few months ago!

handbaghoarder Thu 10-Jun-21 12:25:51

Ugg style slipper boots for me too. Love them. Get mine from Next. Several colours usually available. Firm under foot. Warm. Have used them for quick dog walks, dependent on weather of course(. Look fine with jeans). Have a brand new grey pair I’m longing to break into ?

knspol Thu 10-Jun-21 12:16:01

Birkenstock type slip ons until really cold weather and then cosy, rubber soled glerup slippers.

Alioop Thu 10-Jun-21 12:07:46

Mule slippers in winter, flip flops in summer

Maggiemaybe Thu 10-Jun-21 12:06:33

The last pair I bought was for DH about a year ago. They’re Mahabis, not cheap, and haven’t worn well.

I always go barefoot, and have only ever worn slippers when I had to on the maternity ward. I’ve still got those 40-plus year old very uncomfortable beaded mules somewhere, ready for any future admissions. smile

My DH has always worn slippers, Talullah. And smoked a pipe when he was in his early 20s. grin Fortunately that was a short lived phase.

Talullah Thu 10-Jun-21 11:58:23

I think I was abut 10 when I last owned a pair of slippers. I'm either barefooted or sock footed. Funnily enough my DH has just treated himself to his first pair, ever! He's just retired. I wonder if he'll get a pipe next

weeducky Thu 10-Jun-21 11:58:15

My delivery man said he was the 'slipper police' as they had to take a photo of your parcel on your doorstep and nearly always got ones slippers in the frame!

Harmonypuss Thu 10-Jun-21 11:53:25

My favourite slippers are proper sheepskin moccasins without the rubber bottoms (sorry vegans) but I have big feet andfind them very difficult to source and when I can they're extremely expensive so most of the time I wear mule-type slippers whenever I'm inside the house.

I get out of bed and step straight into them then they only come off my feet when I'm in the shower, leaving the house or getting back into bed but they're always ready and waiting for me when I'm ready to put them back on.

I usually have 2 pairs floating around because I do wash them every 6 weeks or so, so whilst a pair is being washed I grab the clean pair and wear those for about 6 weeks.

AiryFlyingFairy Thu 10-Jun-21 11:53:04

I wear flip flops indoors/garden in this weather.
In Winter it's the furry bootie style
I have a Per Una M&S pair so comfy, I love them.

NannanTo4 Thu 10-Jun-21 11:50:45

Oh dear ..... On reading the OP I took myself upstairs to my ‘slipper cupboard’ for a count. Now I put my hands up and admit to a minimum of 17 pairs of slippers. All used, only one battered pair, some are purely used for post bath/shower and the others are for daytime.
I have a clean pair on the hall side of the kitchen so if I need to answer the door, go upstairs etc then I slip off one pair and put on the other. After a couple of days the hallway slippers become my kitchen slippers and a clean pair of hallway slippers are put in place.
My kitchen slippers can then be used to peg out, go to the bins, retrieve non garden items from the garden (moved there courtesy of Belle)
Not obsessive but I have the time and it keeps the carpets cleaner longer.
This time of year I’m mostly in crocs, flip flops or bare feet on the kitchen side.

Nannan2 Thu 10-Jun-21 11:49:55

*this year.?

Nannan2 Thu 10-Jun-21 11:49:21

Chewbacca- try M&S.Have some leopard print in blue þhis year.or wear beach/pool flipflops.All those are in floral/modern prints.

Lillian40 Thu 10-Jun-21 11:49:02

I only wear cosy slippers with rubber soles in the Winter. Cheap ballerina shoes, just for indoors, and when its warm and hot bare feet. Ballerina shoes from Primark are idea for slippers.

grandtanteJE65 Thu 10-Jun-21 11:45:17

I go bare-footed in our house and wear light weight shoes in other peoples' homes.

As a child we had to wear slippers indoors, which I hated after I started school and found out that my school-friends changed into a pair of "indoor" shoes when they came home.

What is the connection of slippers and Christmas?

Aepgirl Thu 10-Jun-21 11:43:06

My sister used to buy me a pair of slippers for my birthday every year - wedge-heeled mules with a fancy bow or fur. They were lovely and also comfortable. I wish I could buy them now but slippers are either really old-fashioned or those slip-on fabric things with sticky bits on the so,Ed.

Jillybird Thu 10-Jun-21 11:42:22

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CleoPanda Thu 10-Jun-21 11:38:33

I have six pairs! Love them all. Knitted boots, fluffy lined boots, mules, ballet type, cotton slip ons, sandal style ones. All washable and useful for all types of temperatures.
These are my latest - £5 from Matalan!

travelsafar Thu 10-Jun-21 11:32:48

I love slippers and wear the ballerina type with elastic all round to keep them on. I do hate the noise they make though when you put a brand new pair on they kind of squeak untill worn a couple of times. lol. I bought two new pairs from Sainsbury's only last week but without the elastic thinking they lookd more like slip on shoes, but they are useless, i just cant keep them on my feet and unfortunately i removed the tags from both pairs before trying so no taking them back. they will no doubt do someone in the family a turn though. My daughter bought me a pair of slipper bootees last Christmas a part of my gift and they were wonderful, they kept my feet so toasty, Hope i get some more this year.smile Slippers are defo part of my life.

NotANana Thu 10-Jun-21 11:30:52

I wear indoor shoes with proper soles during the day in the winter, and a pair of leather Fitflop slides in the summer. (Hard wooden floors f=downstairs and I worry that they could be slippery in slippers...)
I have slippers which I wear upstairs when I'm in my nightwear.

I have a pair of sheepskin slippers for cold nights in the winter, when I'm relaxing watching TV.
I work from home and find I don't feel in "work" mode if I am wearing slippers...

pen50 Thu 10-Jun-21 11:23:32

I prefer bare feet but plantar fasciitis means I have to wear something supportive at all times. I bought some fancy boiled wool Austrian slippers which have an orthopedic insole - unfortunately they're a tadge tight over the arch which is annoying.

Lilyflower Thu 10-Jun-21 11:20:19

Can't bear slippers. They can make every outfit look grannyish. I wear indoor shoes, usually with soft soles.

I cannot abide being told, when invited somewhere, to remove my shoes. It's the height of bad manners to deprive people of their shoes without warning. If you issue an invitation, make it clear if you want people to bring indoor soft soles so they can take something stylish.

inishowen Thu 10-Jun-21 11:15:58

I wear Fly Flot sandals around the house.