freezing cold feet - recommendations on warm footwear please!!

[Cha]

I have perpetually cold feet and as the summer is coming to an end (sob)they are getting worse. I have decided that this winter I WILL NOT SUFFER and I am asking your advice on what are the warmest, cosiest socks, boots, slippers etc. I spend most of the morning in the park with kids and dog so need shoes/boots that are waterproof or water resistent. Wellies are a no no, even with thermal insoles my feet are like frozen slabs of meat within half an hour. And they take all day to warm up, sometimes I have to even run them under the hot tap to thaw them out. Please help meeeeeee.........

size 3 feet MI?! How cute and dainty.

No, they are small, flat and flipper-like. But small, yes, I'll grant you. Just as well as I too have to wear heftily warming footwear.

Wow - cheers for all the info. Seems like the real sheep thing is a winner. Make my feet feel warm just looking at them. Skin flint here but is there a cheaper alternative? I see in my Vertbaudet catalogue beside me that I can get 100% polyester fur lined boots for £11.99. Will they just be rubbish and a false economy?

Yes they will be rubbish, polyester doesn't keep you warm at all. I have really great walking socks from Hawkshead, they kept my feet toastie warm, but I am quite a hot person anyway and only really suffer with cold feet if I'm standing around in the cold.

i used to have really cold feet now i just wear sox and my comfy sketchers

Hawkshead are doing 3 for 2 on their socks, these are the ones I have, and these are woolly.

That woolly one was a bad link, try this .

I really wouldn't recommend you insert your feet into a real sheep, Cha. Stick to sheepskin boots instead...

Oh I quite fancy the idea, soupdragon. It would be deliciously warm - well, for a while anyway...

Fur lined boots are still in fashion arn't they? I have some gorgeous soft ones from Fat Face last winter, totally toasty.

Good tip about the hat, cheers, I'd forgotten that. It really does make a difference. Just need to find a nice one - always look such a nit in hats. And the microwavable slippers look wonderful too, only I don't have a microwave. Dark Ages I know.

I hope the fur lined boots are still in, passionflower! Am counting on it. Seems that is the way to go if you want warm feet. I sneered at them last winter but am now seeing sense. As usual a year after everyone else. Sigh.

I wear 2 pairs of socks 1 thin and 1 wooly and wear boots that aren't to tight to allow for air to circulate, I also have thermal insoles with a foil layer underneath. Make sure feet are toastie before putting boots on. Manage to survive 12hr shifts outdoors. A good pair of walking boots under £50 should be fine from any outdoor shop for parks and country walks.

I really struggle to keep fingers from going white (Raynauds?).
Thermal inner gloves and waterproof fleece lind gloves with click heat pads for warming hands up in pocket.

Cha, the woolly insoles aren't that pricey - in fact I could do with some more so we could split the postage? I like them more than thermal ones partly because they don't make your feet sweat (clammily).

There is also a ski shop in Forest Hill (really) where I've bought warm socks in the past.

I got some balck suede Rocket Dog boots with a sheepskin lining and a wedge rubber sole last year in Office - didn't take them off for 4 months! Going back next week to see if they have another colour!

I used to have the white finger syndome - it's called reynards disease. I read that eating chillis helps ( I think it works by increasing blood flow ?). I got a bit of a tabasco & Encona hot pepper sauce addiction, but it did seem to cure it

In the meantime, highly recommend Hawkshead boots. Just checked their site & they don't have any at the moment -I'm sure they'll have them in the next few weeks. They are waterproof, padded, rubber soles & furry lined & they're not massive either - I wore my to work & on a skiing hols. There are about £30-£50.

OOOhh, lovely - making my toes feel quite warm just thinking about it. Will have to take a trip into Neal Street to check out the Office and the Natural Shoe store (where I got last years lovely but cold and leaky boots).
What's this MI that you wanna go halves on? Not a pair of socks, surely??? Where is the Forest Hill ski shop in relation to the Horniman (only place I know in Forest Hill).

Furry slippers

Cha you can get a cinnamon foot cream from Avon which warms up feet.

The Forest Hill ski shop is on Perry Vale, opposite the back entrance to the station - probably about half a mile from the Horniman.

thanks for that - I will go up there next time I am at the Horniman. God, my feet are cold. I should just get on with it and buy some sheep to put them in.