Good Lord, woman! Are you trying to test your pedal circulation? (Of course, you grew up in the frozen north, but still...only birds are supposed to walk barefoot in the snow. And yes, flipflops count as barefoot.)

I do it every year. I'm like a Sherpa, my feet are used to it. If I'm going out for very long, I wear my snowboots

Did you ever hear this little ditty?

"Put your shoes on Lucy
Don’t you know you’re in the city
Put your shoes on Lucy
Well isn’t it a pity
That Lucy can’t go shoeless
Where ever she goes
Cause she likes the feel
Of the wiggle of her toes!"

No, never did...did it have a tune to go with?

I'm a wimpy tenderfoot. Long story behind it, but still...not putting my bare pinkies in the snow, nuh-uh.

And then (following ndozo's comment), there's always Popsicles Toes.

I love the contrasts. But I'm glad that your flipflops are blue and not your toes.