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by Christina VanGinkel

On a talk show the other day, I saw a women whose husband had dragged her there because he was tired of seeing her in her pajamas. She lived in them night and day. She slept in them, drove the kids to school in them, grocery shopped in them, visited family and friends in them, and had even been known to show up at her part time job as a checker for a convenience store in them. Her reply to wearing them to work was that she wore a smock over them anyhow, so nobody saw her pajamas. Now do not get me wrong. Her pajamas were not a skimpy nighty or anything like that, but a pair of checked box flannel pants and matching long sleeved shirt. Her aim, she told the audience, was to be comfortable. After giving birth to her last child, nothing in her closet fit well. She knew she could always count on her boxer pants and matching tops to both fit and fit comfortably.

While I do not wear my pajamas to the extreme this woman did, I do enjoy wearing them. They are comfortable, oh so comfortable, it is hard not to stay in them long past having crawled out of bed in the morning. I work from home though, and nobody but my kids or my dogs see me. I also make sure and get dressed before my husband arrives home from work in the afternoon. He does see me lounge in them on the occasional weekend that we do not have plans that hurry us out of the house first thing on a weekend morning.

I would not personally wear them to town, but my daughter has no such qualms. With a busy two year old, she aims for comfort. She has been known to get dressed in the morning after her shower in a fresh t-shirt and a pair of pajama bottoms. Like the woman on the talk show and I can attest, they are very comfortable. If a designer could make a pair of pants that combined style with the comfort found in these cotton pajama bottoms, they would make a killing in sales.

As I was pondering this, I happened upon the perfect pair of shoes, I mean slippers, which would go with my pajama pants perfectly. Bailey's Point, a brand of clothing, has come out with these smart looking beaded slip-ons. At first glance, they appear to be a pair of shoes one would wear out on the town. Then one notices that the beaded little slip-ons are comfortable slippers. Dressed up to look all glam, they are available in purple, fuchsia, gold, brown, and black, making them available to match nearly any outfit, I mean pair of pajamas, that one might have.

So, if you are one of the crowd that wears your pajamas for more than sleeping, take heart, as you can now find a pair of slippers that are both comfortable and stylish enough to wear out on the town, I mean to lounge in!