Wicked Good Slippers - part I

In the last post, I mentioned my "around the house" clothes. These are loose fitting pants, not jeans or sweats or pajamas. But that's not what I want to bring to your attention here.

I want to brag on these babies. My favorite slippers.



These slippers are soooo comfortable! You can get them here. Now you can say, "I'm not paying THAT much for a pair of slippers!!" But let me tell you, these are worth it, and so is buying from the company that sells them, LL Bean.

No sales pitch. True story. My ex gave me a pair of these slippers for Christmas almost six years ago, based on my (HINT) suggestion.... After about one year of wearing them every day while not working or sleeping, I naturally wore them out.

LL Bean has a reputation of replacing for free, any worn out item that they sell or if you are just dissatisfied with the item AT ANY TIME. So I sent them my soleless slippers and they sent me a second, brand new pair for free. They even sent me a check reimbursing me for the $3 something I spent on postage to send them back! Can you believe that?

It gets better.

Eighteen months later I wore the second pair out from constant use. So I sent them back to LL Bean, again. Shortly they sent me a third pair of slippers - again at no charge. They also sent me another check for the postage plus a self stick postage paid return label for the next time.

{Oh, before I forget - at the same time I returned pair of slippers #2, I also returned to them an LL Bean River Driver shirt that had worn out from about five years of wear and washing. They sent me a new shirt, free, in a new color, since the one I was returning wasn't made anymore. If memory serves - that shirt I, or my ex more likely, got from the Salvation Army, in a second hand thrift store. LL Bean still replaced 'em fer nuttin'.}

I'm wearing, as I write this, my third pair of these Wicked Good Slippers. These now are also at the point of being worn out. The inside of the slippers, when new, has a soft fuzzy, bunny fuzz-type lining. Not mine. I've worn them down to the bare leather sole.

Will I return the third pair? You betcha I will. Sooner rather than later, methinks.

Though I must add this disclaimer: DO NOT carry heavy, unwieldy objects down ANY flight of stairs while wearing these slippers, becasue the sole is smooth and offers NO traction whatsoever.

My brother experienced this the hard way, after I convinced him he ought to get some of these for himself. Almost threw out his back, he did, falling down the stairs, heavy object landing on top of him awkwardly.