This morning was typical in that I was running late and trying to get my daughter to preschool before the doors get locked at 9:10, so as to avoid bearing the shame of the loser parent who is reduced to standing outside in the bitter cold and until someone takes pity on you and unlocks the door from the inside. Not that I have any experience being that parent. Shaddup.
Okay, so actually, our class has made a name for ourselves as the latest parents in the whole school. We wear the badge proudly. Or we did until a few weeks ago when everyone in my daughter’s class got a note from the director, giving us each a slap on the hand with firm instructions to get our children to school on time and a reminder that that the kids are disrupted every time the door opens after class has started. Alrightythen. Nothing like a note home from the principal to make you feel like you’re back in grade school again.
So I made a renewed effort to get out of the door by 8:55, which has been going quite well. And by quite well, I mean that I am getting out the door by 9:00 or 9:05 rather than 9:10 or 9:15, which in essence results in me arriving RIGHT before the door locks at 9:10. Goals are good, but let’s not get carried away.
Anyway, this morning I was doing quite well and I locked the front door at precisely 9:00 and started getting R in the car when I looked down and realized I was still wearing my slippers. So I had a decision to make. It’s not that I mind taking my daughter school in my slippers; I do that often. They are the fleece-lined ones with a hard sole. But I was planning to go to the grocery store afterward. And that, my friends, is where I draw the slipper line. Plus. Usually when I wear my slippers out of the house, I have them on with my light gray sweatpants, which kind of blend into the oatmeal color of the slipper, plus those pants are so long that they cover up any footwear I may be sporting. But today I happened to have my light gray sweatpants in the wash, a present for which my husband will lavishly thank me, and I was wearing a pair of black fleece sweatpants that expose the entire slipper and provide a contrast of colors so that the slipper is particularly noticeable. At least in my eye view.
Determined not to be caught standing outside the locked preschool door, I hopped in the car and took off and figured I’d decide what to do about my grocery shopping later. After I delivering my daughter to her classroom, I returned to the car and pulled out my Blackberry and Twittered this:
Just realized I’m wearing slippers. Do I go back home and change or just go to grocery store in slippers and admit I’ve reached a new low?
brandyou@dcrmom Go to grocery store. Hold head up high & pay no attention to the stares. Don’t forget milk, eggs & bread.
leannej@dcrmom LOL! I’ve done that before.. panicked.. then thought – who cares?
alyssaavant@dcrmom what do they look like my slippers look like moccasins I wear them out all the time
coreyjf@dcrmom ummm well I am pretty sure I have worn pajamas and flip flops to the store before…
heartofwisdom@dcrmom LOL! I wore two different sneakers to doctor visit last week.
motherletter@dcrmom More than that… own the slippers… flaunt them… make them the new style.
Tidymom@dcrmom LOL your hip! just go in slippers!
LandofLovings@dcrmom I say go out and OWN the slipper look! Maybe you’ll start a new trend! : )
willblogforshoe@dcrmom I say WORK THOSE SLIPPERS!!
WayMoreHomemade@dcrmom Just ask yourself, “What would Stacy and Clinton do?” Let that always be your guide.
discoveringliz@dcrmom No, I would use it as an excuse to go shoe shopping before you hit the grocery store. =)
BoogieMom@dcrmom embrace it! if you get weird looks at the store, totally go along with it too..maybe talk to yourself a little
momneedstherapy@dcrmom LOL I say go to the store and wear them proudly! My guess is no one will really notice.
3girlsmom@dcrmom Rock the slippers, girl. Wear them like you meant to have them on!
loriboucher@dcrmom wear the slippers… LOL
muzbeecrazy@dcrmom ROFL!!! I think you just made my day! I say just roll with it!
I have to admit, in the end, I followed the advice of WayMoreHomemade, although DiscoveringLiz’s advice was a close second. Not that anyone cares what I wear to the grocery store, but at some point you just have to draw a line in the sand and abide by it, so that’s what I did today.
So dish. Have you worn your slippers to drop your kids at school? Grocery shopping? To the mall? To church? PLEASE say no to slippers at church. Just. Please.
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I wore slipper in public once and was just too freaked to do it again. Granted it was just to the hospital for an outpatient surgery, but I could just feel the stares. Now, for carpool I’ll wear just about anything. It’s amazing what a car door can hide.
Getting that instant feedback almost (almost) makes me want to join twitter.
I’ve not worn slippers out but I have a pair of brown boots (not quite Ugg like but similar) that sit right by the door. They are so comfy they could be slippers. I wear them all the time in the winter with sweats, jeans and always pant legs over the boot. I can’t pull off the tucked in look.
Oh man, did those comments make me laugh! Too funny! I admit that I am surprised at how many women will wear their pajama pants to the store. I, personally, think that’s a bit much. But maybe that’s just me cuz every where I go someone’s in their pjs. And they are usually too small. Not a pretty sight!
Slippers though? I say go for it and be comfy!
I can’t wait for the day when this will be the topic of my conversations. Wearing slippers to take my kids to school, ahh what a dream come true.
My husband (@motherletter) commented about your slipper wearing!? I can’t believe it! I’m not sure that he would advise me to do the same thing, BUT about a month ago, I wore my slippers to Walmart, and I can’t tell you how liberated I felt. I mean, I’m southern, and I still struggle to not put on makeup before I pump gas, but I did wear my slippers all throughout Walmart, and the whole time I thought about how I had reached a new level of maturity. Maybe, though, I had reached a new level of forgetfulness. Nonetheless, I think I’ll do it again next year.
I’m with you–I don’t wear slippers to the grocery store. My mama didn’t raise me to do that–no offense to anyone who does, of course! Luckily for me, the school is close enough to home and the store that I would have had time to go home and change.
I would never wear slippers outside of the house because I love my slippers and they were not meant for the rough world out there…also its just wrong(for me personally, no judging here…maybe a little) but then I don’t go anywhere in sweats.
We(the male members of the family-everyone except me) keep most shoes in the garage on a cute shelf thingy and I keep one pair of slip-on skechers that go with anything in an emergency.
I cannot wait until we’re in our 60′s because I know you’ll be the one wearing a housecoat….
I could have died laughing. This is SO funny. I am ALWAYS picking on my hubby for wearing his slippers in public. It’s like a joke between us. His are slip-ons with a rubber sole and not that noticeable as slippers so he thinks he can get away with it. I’ve worn my slippers to drop something off or to take the trash to the curb, but that’s the line for me!
Well no, I’ve definitely never done that because I don’t wear slippers at home, either. I’m in Kentucky – we go barefoot here. And don’t even ask – I have never gone to the store barefoot.
But I’ve gone out looking quite shabby indeed, and I couldn’t care less about it. I have enough to worry about already, I can’t add fashion to the mix too.
I’m quite guilty of doing preschool drop off in my pjs. I cover them up with a hoodie. We all have those days.
Slippers are a gateway article of clothing. Allow me to explain.
Three years ago, I wore my memory foam slippers everywhere. They were so comfortable but by everywhere I mean around the house. I often forgot that I had slippers on and would run back in the house to change until one day, I was at the grocery store and looked down only to realize that I had my skippers on. I paniced. After all, at the time, I was a single woman on the market.
My son chuckled, and I joined him. Had I blogged then, I probably would’ve blogged about it.
All of a sudden it was okay to consciously leave the house with slippers on. Granted, I don’t do it all the time, but if I’m running late, etc, it doesn’t bother me.
The problem was… I have been known, recently, to take the kids to school in pajamas. Not ones that could pass for sweats either. Bright pink with Tinkerbell all over them.
But my low, was when I was on E, not sure if the fumes could get me home, changes and back to the gas station to refuel and I stopped to get gas… in my PJs (fortunately, those weren’t obviously PJs)
I’ve not quite hit the bottom of the barrel but I’m getting there. I don’t know what I’m going to do when I have to work in an office again. I should probably start preparing now… but I dont want to… lol
I’ll wear my slippers to drop my son off at school. No problem. In fact, my husband had a Tweetup last Friday, and called to say he was going to get his buddy to drive him home at midnight because he’d had too much to drink. Buddy lives 45 minutes from our house, so I insisted that he stay put and I would get him. I headed out in the minivan in flannel reindeer pj’s, slippers and glasses. Full bed dress to the downtown bar district–kidlets in tow. My, how my life has changed.
I’ve never worn my slippers out of the house – they don’t have hard bottoms. But I do wear flip flops everywhere in the summer – including church which drives my dad absolutely insane!
Hey, it’s @discoveringliz here. When I gave you that suggestion, I was just trying to put myself “in your shoes.” LOL! No, really. I thought to myself, “What would Jo-Lynne really want to do?” I knew you would lean toward the shoe shopping option.
to preschool, yes.
to the bus stop, almost every day. 8:10 sneaks up on me.
to ballet class, once by accident.
the only reason i haven’t worn them to the grocery store is because i have to drive past my house to get there.
now if you asked who left the house with their pajama top under their coat after throwing on non-pajama pants and uggs…. that answer would be “at least once a week.”
I wear mine ALL THE TIME. They are like yours, Ugg Loafer looking things. So comfortable that I forget half the time. I even forgot to change them once when I was going to work, thankfully my work shoes were in my bag (I wear boots all winter anyway).
To church…nope. I draw the line there.
People who read my blog know I have been wearing my slippers all over town for weeks now and I LOVE IT. I alternate pairs and as long as it is not snowing I am the mom in the striped slipper shoes…
http://emersongirlsblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/double-vision.html
I used to wear my old-granny slippers to Burger King and Baskin Robbins. Oh wait, I shouldn’t forget to say that they were on the first floor of the dorm I lived in at the time. Still, I embarrassed my friends who bought me a new young-looking pair (they were hot pink with penguins on them).
I love Discovering Liz’ advice – I’d have gone with that one.
I confess, I did wear slippers in public once or thrice – same week, same reason. They were fuzzy black (kinda long fur) backless with a hard sole and I literally had nothing else to wear. In the same week, my sandals broke (one of the straps broke) and my sneakers had a major blowout with a huge hole in the bottom. So all I had to wear were heels or slippers. I know that I went to Wal-Mart in my slippers (and did all my grocery shopping but didn’t like any of the shoes), and then to Payless where I finally bought a new pair of sneakers. There may have been a few other stops as well, post office and such. I felt kinda silly, but I figured I had an infant and people would probably have pity on me, assuming I just had my hands too full to get properly dressed.
Is there something I’m missing???
Slippers = indoor wear
Indoors = dust bunnies and hairballs
Shoes = outdoor wear
Outdoors = dog poop, cat pee, puke cleaned off with toxic chemicals, lawn fertilizer, etc.
I am so not into “thou shalt nots” in fashion but I don’t think this is a fashion question. I think it’s a HYGIENE question!!!
I like the tip about “what would Stacy and Clinton” do! HA!
I have a hard time even admitting that I’ve been known to take the trash out in my p.j.s But I mean one of the pick up days is Saturday. HELLO!!
I’m amazed at how many people have slippers and actually wear them even at home! I’ve never worn slippers to the grocery store, but since I don’t own any it has much more to do with that then some inner fashionista.
HILARIOUS, srsly HILARIOUS.
No, I haven’t worn slippers to the grocery, mall or otherwise.
You’ve been stumbled.
we don’t even have slippers in our house, we just wear socks … and the answer is yes, I have driven the kids to school in just my socks (hey, it is waaayyy too early to actually tie shoes on my feet) … and yes, I have gotten caught talking to the principal in the drop off lane with socks, ratty shorts that I pull on when I wake up, a long “stalker” coat … and the hair pulled up with pencils. Not a proud moment … my mother is still rolling her eyes!!
I mean, Cinderella wore slippers to a BALL.
June – LMAO! LMAO!!!! You get Best Comment of the Day.
Well, I have actually considered wearing my slippers to the grocery store – seriously, anyone with a baby or toddler would be forgiven, right? But at the end of the day, I’ve not done it. Probably more because I usually just live in socks at home most of the year. But I have worn sandals out of season because they’re the easiest thing to put on. I say – wear what you’ve got on! I come from the ‘grunge’ era, and LOVE wearing my pj’s in public. If “they” don’t like it…really, c’mon now, it’s the grocery store!
I’ve never worn slippers out of the house. But I did have a very similar incident where 6 yr old missed the bus; we rushed to get ready and drop him off, and I ended up in the Target parking lot before realizing I was wearing tan cords, tan socks, and the black soccer slides I keep in the garage. It was snowing and maybe 10 degrees out…. Had to pick up a prescription and we were very low on baby wipes; going home to change would have made me late for toddler’s MDO daycare – the one 4 hour break I get in a endlessly long week (husband works far away and only comes home on weekends). I felt very self conscious – I could almost feel Stacy & Clinton sneering their disapproval. But soccer slides it was…. I now keep a pr of older sneakers in the car for such purposes!
LOL, I’ve long held the belief that one of the untold factors to be considered when choosing a preschool is knowing that, in a pinch, you can show up in your sweats, no make-up and hair unstyled. It’s gonna happen at some point when a sick baby has kept you up all night or something.
I’m not sure if I’ve gone out in my slippers, but I’ve made many a fashion faux pas.
I really haven’t, but it’s only because my slippers are most definitely slippers (they do have a hard sole, but they aren’t outdoor appropriate).
I also don’t really wear lounge pants out either, so if I get dressed (in jeans — a step above the lounge pants for outdoor wear), I put on socks and shoes too.
I have driven my daughter to the bus in PJs and slippers on rainy days.
P.S. Re: the principal’s note: PTA Moms always make me feel like I’m back in school — at the unpopular table.
I hate shoes. I am barefoot or in flip-flops all summer and tennies or socks all winter. I’m normally barefoot in church
If I *did* wear slippers I totally would have rocked them out!
We went to midnight mass at Christmas and I saw several preteen girls with their pajamas and slippers on, presumably so they could jump right into bed after mass! So I don’t think wearing slippers to the grocery store would be too bad.