How many slippers do you need?

My sister brought this one up and it led to a short but intense discussion. Glenda's house is freezing cold because she lives that way, so slippers - as well as long underwear and sometimes a house hat or scarf - are required for comfort and to reduce the effects of hypothermia. I used to live that way as well — we had competitions to see who could wait the longest to turn the heat on in the fall - but I recently moved into a condo building where cold floors don't exist when you're on the 7th floor and heat rises, which it most assuredly does. 

Our discussion hinged mostly on the question of slippers you can wear outside for the quick jaunt to the car or the trash can or to get a closer look at just what your neighbor is doing over there behind the shrubs, is that a joint? We then segued into do you really want to wear the slippers that trudged through wet grass or dog pee or dead spiders back into the house? Which led to does not said action defeat the second purpose of slippers, which is to leave your contaminated shoes at the door so you don't track things into your house and cause more sweeping and vacuuming than is good for one's health and one's back and one's reading time? A hearty NO! to the first question. An enthusiastic YES! to the second. We were riled up now.

Our conclusion? You only need one pair of good quality slippers (because quality almost always pays) and these should be indoor slippers only. As for the outdoor slippers, we agreed that it makes more sense to have boots that are easy to slip into (because sometimes you have to hurry to catch the neighbors at their shenanigans). Get rid of all the rest and make someones else's feet warm and happy.

All this is to say that now I'm in a pickle. What do I do with the LLBean sheepskin indoor/outdoor slipper clogs perched high on the shelf in our condo-with-the-warm-floors closet? I like them. But. If I don't wear them during this first winter in the condo, I am determined to send them out into the world. I will miss them. It saddens me. And I might just put them on right now as my feet are a tiny bit cold after all.

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