At least they aren’t Crocs. A Love Letter

Posted on June 28, 2010, 1:06 pm, by alison Kramer.

A lot of you have been telling me lately that my blogs posts have been making you cry. I ran some fancy shmany analysis on my blog comments (not really, I just kinda looked em over) and found out that more than half of your comments contain the words (cry, sob, and/or tears).

To be fair, I cry a lot when I write them.

But today is going to be different.

There are some things that just divide people. Things we feel so strongly about we take strong stands. Like breastfeeding or Politics. Religion.

If you have read this blog, know me online or in real life, you know that I believe we all have things to learn from those with whom we disagree.

Until now.

I’m done. I am getting off the fence and taking a stand, for something I love very very much.

My Uggs.

Seriously.

If I hear one more person tell me their husband/boyfriend/life partner will leave them for wearing them…

If I need to defend the magnificence of my feet wrapped in what feels like (and may actually be) baby bunnies to you…

If I need to explain how awesometastic it is that these black leggings I’m wearing with them look like they are a size 4…

If I need to tell someone one more time that it “feels like I’m wearing slippers out of the house”….

I may start wearing them on my arms too.

Love,
Alison

crying yet? ;)

Lil addition: some of my awesome twitter friends sent me this link for men who are looking for Uggs of their own. I enjoy that he is on the beach


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  • jillwhy
    Just bought my Dh a pair of Ugg slippers - happy to say he loves them! I don't own a pair myself but it's only because they slip off my stupid narrow heels, I've tried them on and they feel like heaven.
  • I mean how many kids do you know that have at least one if not two or three pairs of these ... they can get muddy and the kids love all the little gibbitz!
  • LOL - didn't cry! (though still crying from your last post, because I'm behind in reading and am catching up!) :) smiled big though! You don't have to explain Uggs to me - I personally have never owned a pair - but I don't have anything against them - they look VERY comfy! :)
  • Alison Kramer
    Hi Shelly
    I love reading your comments :) thank you for catching up, you're too awesome!
  • jen_littlemissmocha
    Oh my God, I have the most fabulous visual of you in a body Ugg. On my list for the cool weather. And the whole "feel like and may actually be bunnies on my feet" thing is the cutest thing I've heard about any footwear. Maybe in general.
    And your comment about someone showing up in ONLY Uggs? Makes me laugh a big laugh and wonder funny things about you. So THAT"S how Alison gets away with eating all the jellybeans, lol... *snort*
  • Alison Kramer
    dude, that is how i get away with all kinds of stuff ;)
  • jen_littlemissmocha
    dude, you'll be happy to know that my next stop after your blog was the uggs website, lol. Did you know they make flip flops? lolol. so, a q, do the knit bootie type Uggs count as fluffy cloud bunnies too? or do you need to be an Ugg purist and go for the leather, etc? lolol.
  • Love my UGG slippers too! Only way to survive a Maine winter while keeping the heat at 65 or less.
    And so agree about the Crocs comment. I have already told people who might be in charge of engraving on my tombstone that I simply want it to read: She never wore Crocs!
    And no, Mario Batali, even in orange, they are not fetching!
  • Alison Kramer
    props for the word "fetching"

    High Five for Ugg Love :) Thank you for reading and saying hi
  • I love my Uggs and agree that they are like bunnies on my feet!
  • Where I live, it is 200 degrees every day so we can't wear Uggs. In fact, other than running shoes, I don't even own anything not open-toed on my feet. So wear them proud, Sister!!! And wear them for me too :)
    xo Alli
  • Alison Kramer
    I will, Wednesday is now officially "Wearing my Uggs for Alli" Day :)

    and, i enjoy that right now we are also chatting over an awesome fb photo of our bff's and commenting on my blog #justsayin

    xoxo
  • This is one of the reasons I envy people who live in cold climates. I live in Puerto Rico and if I step out wearing them, I will get teased forever, not to mention they would be too hot. I have to admit I do own several pairs of crocs to go to the beach, but only the cool girly styles, not the ugly man-style. JEALOUS!!
  • Alison Kramer
    no one who lives in puerto rico should ever, ever be jealous of cold climates. i would give up my uggs for heat all year long any day :)

    or maybe, i would wear them in the house?
  • RESQBug
    Interesting Article... They look like outside slippers for the mobile mother..
  • Alison Kramer
    i like that :) "outside slippers for the mobile mother"
  • Elena
    I would think that Uggs were sponsoring your blog if I didn't have a pair myself, and completely understood your comments. My husband (who is much more fashionable than I am) purchased them for me last fall, when I was 7 months pregnant. I (yes ME) teased him for buying them, until I put them on. HUGS.... is what they should be called. I wore them from the day I tried them on, until the day it was too hot outside... and the only reason I'm looking forward to winter, is to wear my h...uggs again. Yay Alison!!!!!!
  • Alison Kramer
    Hi Elena :)
    Mets got me mine years ago, wore them until they fell apart and needed to be replaced. I have thin ones too "Summer Uggs" i like to call them :)

    And no, not sponsored. Although, how AWESOME would that be!!!!??
  • Elena
    ok... you didn't have to say it twice.... the second Tova wakes up from her nap we're off to the mall to get 'summer uggs' :)
    Mets is a very smart man!
  • Uggs make me cringe... but I'd be willing to try them on if they do feel like bunnies on my feet.

    What I don't understand is when I see women (actually, it's mainly teenaged girls) wearing short-shorts (as in something that looks like a wide belt) and a pair of Uggs. Guess I'm just not fashionable. ;)
  • Alison Kramer
    Hi Virginia
    :) the best thing is i have tons and tons of shoes, always leave in the same pair.

    and seriously, bunnies...happy, soft, puffy cloud bunnies ;)
    Thanks for saying hi
  • Hmmm, puffy cloud bunnies you say?... they're getting more and more tempting. May have to do some retail therapy, but will have to smuggle them in as the husband will tease me forever if I get a pair.

    I'll wait until temps get cooler, but you may have converted me. Shhhh!
  • Alison Kramer
    :) try an intro to your hubby in just the uggs. Maybe he won't notice ;)
  • Angela
    huggs to your uggs:)

    i love mine. sososososososomuch. going to put them on right now. in solidarity.
  • Alison Kramer
    my sister in comfiness :)
  • Ya this totally reminds me of iPhone vs Blackberry debate...have never tried Uggs, now where can I get my pair?
  • Alison Kramer
    :) that's what i like to hear.
  • I liked Uggs better when we called them slippers.

    Great post as always
  • Alison Kramer
    its kinda like a mac, one you try them, you cant stop ;)

  • Greg
    I would never tell the women in my life to stop wearing them. From all tellings, they are the most comfortable things ever. But I wouldn't be caught dead wearing the "classic" Ugg boot. One of the ones that doesn't look like the women's version... maybe... I could be convinced to at least try them on. But the famous basic Ugg style? I have too much self-respect for that. ;-)
  • Alison Kramer
    :) thank you for saying hi
    And i think the classic ones are girl shoes for sure
  • SandyEl
    I love my many pairs too! Why does something that feels so right have to be wrong?! ;) I always tell people to suck it... my Uggs HUG my feet, and I'm more than ok with that.
  • Alison Kramer
    :) i'm just gonna say "suck it" too
  • I think I could really fall for you ;)
  • Alison Kramer
    may be the best blog comment ever :)
  • ymc_kelli
    I totally love mine too - I have those ones and the regular sherpa ones. Pretty much all I wear all the time! It's Ugg love!
  • Alison Kramer
    oh, i have the sherpa ones too :)
  • clickflick
    LOL, I wish they made "Guy" versions of Uggs. They do look comfortable. Funny blog :-)
  • John-Boy
    They do make Guy Uggs.
    Get them with that Macho Bike Dude look with Vibram soles.
    Just go to their web site.
    OR wear the women's style just make certain you don't shave for a few days and wear a Nascar jacket too.
  • Alison Kramer
    they should make cool dude ones! It's unfair
  • I've never owned a pair of uggs and if you start wearing them on your arms, I may have to steal them from you. I would mug the uggs
  • Alison Kramer
    ugg mugger....
  • Thank goodness they aren't called ukks
  • Alison Kramer
    LOL now i have to tell half the coffee shop what's so funny :)
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