A good pair of slippers takes time to get broken in. For a
great pair of slippers, it’s worth the wait.
I was *ahem* blessed with wide feet. While those of us with larger
feet have a wider stance and usually have better balance, we find it
difficult to find comfortable footwear. We like to joke that it would be more
comfortable to wear the boxes than the shoes that come in them. When I got the slippers
in the mail—slippers that I hadn’t tried on before getting them—I was a bit skeptical.
The very first time I put them on, I was even more skeptical that they would
fit like the website and the reviews had all said.
Almost a year later, I am using them every day. These are the
best slippers I have ever found. They did take a while to break in and for the
memory foam to remember my feet. Because of the nature of open-toe footwear, Nature’s
Sleep recommends ordering a size smaller than you would normally get (size
chart on the website). I would have normally ordered an XL—a little large for
me—to ensure that they would be wide enough for my feet. I ended up ordering a
medium and am so glad that I did. The plush terry poly-cotton blend eventually stretched out
and I can slip my feet in and out with ease. The only time I can’t now slip
things on with ease is when my feet are wet, right out of the shower, or when I
have my thick wool socks on.
The plush cloth is soft and warm. Here in Idaho, we actually
had one of the coldest Januaries on record—as opposed to the rest of the
country who, until recently, enjoyed a spring-like winter. Despite the cold, I still had to take the
dog out to do his business and also tend to the chickens. So, I slipped on my
trusty Nature’s Sleep slippers and, open toes and all, braved the ice and snow and my feet stayed toasty warm. The short tread on the slippers was able to grip the ice with
minimal slipping—walking carefully, I actually slipped more in my normal shoes than I did in the
slippers. On the really cold, bitter mornings I was able to wear a pair of thin
socks with the slippers when I went outside. The shallow tread is also good for
another very important thing: squishing spiders hanging out on the wall. The slippers
are excellent spider-killers.
When the slippers got dirty (which happened quite a bit when
I started wearing them outside), I just threw them into the washing machine. They
needed to stretch out just a bit again after being cleaned, but the memory foam
remembered my feet very well.
The slippers, while wonderful in winter, are a little too
warm for my taste in the summer, but summer is barefoot season anyway, so it’s
not that much of an inconvenience.
All in all, I love these slippers. I wear them every day. They are currently my go-to outdoor shoes and are, at this moment, sitting
right by the kitchen door waiting for me to go back outside. They’re easy to
drive in (yes, I might be one of those moms who wears pajamas to drive their kid to school) and if I could get away with wearing them everywhere, I
probably would. Now, if I could only convince Nature's Sleep to make tennis shoes…
The Nature’s Sleep Open Toed Slippers with Memory Foam are
available exclusively through Nature’s Sleep in Lavender (my favorite and pictured above), pale
blue, and mocha. They are also available in Closed-Toed and in pink, pale blue
and sand. (Click on the link above to be taken to the website.) Use the code BEARS50 to receive 50% off of anything on the Nature’s Sleep
website.
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