I was killing time one afternoon at work, waiting for a ride from a co-worker, and obviously that means I was online window shopping. Screen shopping? What do we call it when we are window shopping online? Does this phenomenon have a name?? If not, I think we better make one up. It could end up being the next big made-up word! We might be famous!!
Right, anyway, I was browser browsing (do we love it, huh, do we??), specifically looking for warm tights to wear under my pants due to the fact that it has been -97 outside and -104 in my classroom for weeks now. Here's what I found: www.warmlegwear.com. First of all, can I please point out how much I love the name of this company?? I appreciate the descriptive name and I think it is brilliant marketing when you are appealing to shivering women who are Windows shopping (get it?? Love it??) in their igloo classrooms. Secondly, they are an American company and from what I can tell, nearly everything they sell is made in the US or CANADA! So that's awesome for those of us who are still feeling guilty about our knock off sweat shop Birkin bag. And for those of us that are just trying to be more conscious of who is making our clothes, in general. According to their website, they are a mom and pop company out of Maine and the owner started selling online after not being able to find the warm, cozy tights she remembered from childhood. I love a company or store with a good story!
I came home and continued my scouring of the website and, while I wanted to order one of everything, I limited myself to three pairs of tights that looked and sounded deliciously cozy in the pictures and descriptions. I ordered two pairs of cotton tights and went full on and got a pair of wool cable knit tights. They arrived this week and I finally got to try them out today. I wore the Flat Knit Heathered Cotton Tights in Grey and oh my my, how I am in love. They are soft and comfortable and they did a good job keeping my legs warm with a skirt. It was -20ish today and my legs didn't feel any more or less cold while waiting for the bus than they do when I wear jeans. In fact, I would say they were just as warm as when I wear jeans with tights underneath, although I probably wouldn't wear them alone if it was any colder or if there was a wind chill. An added bonus is that they are really cute, in my opinion.
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| Yes that is the dust on my mirror you can see. I am choosing to use the picture anyway in the hopes that someone will get me a cleaning lady for Christmas. Also, I'm already in my PJs and way too lazy to get back into the outfit AND clean the mirror.
It's a little hard to tell in this picture but they look like a knitted sweater, which I think is a great look for winter! Also, they are warm... have I mentioned that yet??
So next time you are www-indow shopping, head on over to Warm Legwear. Just don't do it when you are particularly cold because you might spend a small fortune! Also, just in case that whole housekeeper thing doesn't work out, I've got my eye on the wool leggings and the bamboo tights. And the cotton cable knit tights. And maybe a pair of knee socks. What? My birthday's coming up!
Comfy and toasty in the dead of winter... never would've happened if I'd been at the mall!
**Edited to note that I was totally wrong on which tights those are. The ones in the picture are the wool tights. I wore the cotton ones today under jeans and I was roasting in the mall so I can definitely say they work too!! |
