I have never really been a slippers guy. Since I started working from home and rarely leaving my house, I figured slippers may be a move. I dreamed of the perfect comfort - warmth - support balance that everyone looks for in their first adult slipper purchase. I spent countless hours looking for just the right pair, something that looks cozy yet somehow has some form of professionalism. Slippers that would look nice if my children’s friends saw me wearing them. I don’t have kids yet, but would like to have some at some point. Eventually my search came to an end, as I thought I had found the perfect slipper. The mukluk sagg slipper. I ordered them, and awaited their arrival nervously as I had never had adult slippers at this point of my life. They arrived, I wore them for the first day and they nailed the warmth aspect I was looking for. Not too warm that my feet are sweaty, making the insides gross, but not too cold to wear I would prefer to be wearing shoes in my home whilst working. To say the least, the temperature of these slippers was great. However, I did wish that they fit a little more snug around my foot. I wanted a foot high, like the hug you give your high school best friend that you haven’t seen in a long time and you are so excited to once again catch-up. But instead got the foot hug of the grandmother who is in a wheelchair, too old to remember what she had for breakfast let alone your name. Your mom tells you to give her a hug and kiss before you leave the nursing home to only return a month later. Not a loose hug, but not firm as her bones are fragile. Essentially just wrapping around enough to qualify as a hug. Like the hug that you nervously give your crush at the middle school dance, right after you watch her dance with your friend, Ian, but you want to act like you were just friends anyway and didn’t really mind. Just not the foot hug that I was dreaming of. And lastly, the tag tore off of the heel of the right slipper. I’m not exactly sure that it is the right slipper, I am pretty sure they could be worn on either foot, but I have been wearing this particular slipper on my right foot. The tag ripping off is no big deal, right? Nobody wants that tag there anyways, right? WRONG! Kind of a dumb question but I will forgive it for now. Apparently the structural integrity of this slipper relies on the tag. I wish this slight damage could be looked past and this slipper could still be worn with pride, like the crack in the liberty bell, but the slipper falls apart more and more every day, like the city of Philadelphia. All in all: I would give the slipper an 8/10. But considering the tag fell off and is now falling apart, I am taking off a point, and I am taking off another point because I still think about my friend Ian dancing with my crush at the middle school dance to give this pair of slippers a 6/10. Which results in a 3/5 stars (that’s basic math, you could do it too)
