Why did I wait till March to finally buy these shearling short boots? When the color I wanted and my size was sold out everywhere? Well, almost everywhere. I felt like "Queen For A Day" when I finally found them. Tan, size 7 and final sale. Yippee!

I love FitFlop flip flops. They are so very comfortable and easy to wear. A thinking woman's flip flop. But let's face it. They are flip flops and are at the far end of casual foot wear. I can wear them around the house and around the neighborhood while I do errands. I can wear them to the beach or to the gym. I can't wear them outside or even inside during the colder months. Fitflops are comfortable but limited.

When the Mukluk shearling style was introduced in the Fall I thought:
1) Wow! They are really expensive for FitFlops
2) They look like Uggs. I have Uggs. I am so very tired of Uggs.
3) Whats next? FitFlops that look like Crocs?

I just didn't "get" it.

But as the winter progressed I started to want something warm to kick around in. Mostly indoors. I started poking around, looking at bedroom slippers. Everything was, well, too bedroom-y. The majority of slippers were mules, backless. In the winter I do not want a backless slipper. Even if the slipper is shearling. I want something with a back. My feet get cold and who wants to have to wear socks with mules? There are limits. As for style, nothing appealed to me. What I found seemed to be pink and fluffy for the tweener or sturdy corduroy and velcro for the nursing home set. Mostly, I didn't want to be humiliated if a neighbor, or mailman, or cable guy saw me wearing them.

Slowly, eventualy, I realized what I wanted was winter FitFlops. I could wear them inside as "house shoes" and outside as well. Of course, that's when I discovered that they were no longer available! "Oh, we've been sold out for months" sniffed the salesman at Harry's, my local wonderful shoe store. "They went fast". Drat!

Since I finally found my pair I have been totally, utterly pleased. The instructions says to wear them barefoot but I do wear socks when I wear them outside when its cold. They are extremely well made, super comfortable, supportive, cushioned. They look good with Jeans.

I forget that I am wearing them and I think that's the very best thing you can say about a shoe.