Do you own a pair of slippers?

If yes, please describe them in detail. Also, let us know how you obtained said slippers (bought for self, received as gift, inherited from deceased relative, etc.).

I do not own slippers. I think about them sometimes though.

I was just thinking about slippers last night when I saw someone wearing them on the Logan Square train platform. They were the moccasin type. I had some just like that as a kid. I want some.

NO. I don't see the point of them. Ex-mr. ctrl-s had a pair and was devoted to them: threadbare black cotton scuffs with rubber soles. He said they kept his socks cleaner than going around shoeless, and were more comfortable and more convenient than wearing shoes around the house; I thought he would have done better to keep his floor cleaner, and/or wear black socks, and/or concern himself with higher matters, and forsake superfluous footwear, but I kept my counsel. Thank you for the opportunity to air my views on this.

I sometimes use an old pair of sandals as slippers. My ex-girlfriend found this amusing for some reason. I'd answer the door in jeans, a T-shirt, and sandals, and she'd look down and giggle.

I wore a lot of fucking slippers when I lived in Taiwan. A lifetime's worth. I worked in them. I worked in slippers. They get really gross (filthy) in short time. Screw 'em.

Sometimes I fantasize about having a bathrobe though.

No. I have a pair of slip on sandals that I take the bins out in from the damp back yard, and I have a pair of one-size-too-big deck shoes which I walk to the shop in early in the morning or late in the evening or wear in the house if it's particularly cold. Other than that it's my under-used boot socks.

only in autumm and winter

I got some as a gift last year. They're some moccasin type ones. I wore them a handful of times. Maybe twice until a month or so ago. I rebroke my knee and since getting into shoes was a bit of a fight, I decided to let myself go and wore them for a week or so until I could move around a bit better.

Problem: They stink like fuck. I've never had a problem with smelly shoes or socks, so this was a bit of a surprise. Because they're designed for warmth and don't breathe, they'd make my feet fester. Fuck those things. I'll go with socks and/or shoes around the house.

Were I in Chicago, my tune might change.

If you know me, these will not surprise you.

I used to have Elmo slippers, but they got stinky.

I wear these in the house most of the winter.

Angus Jung wrote:

If those are really yours, I'm totally impressed. The exterior is beautiful and the interior seems to be made of shag carpeting.

I've got some cheap $4 slippers from Ikea. Wear 'em when I'm home. But I really want to get one of those sporty plastic kind that have magnets in them and little nubby foot massagers. I know someone who found a pair at a dollar store. One day I'll find a pair myself.