Janie,

I do the same thing, but in reverse--I'll be puttering at home working and then decide I need to go over to the office, only to realize, as I climb out of my truck at the school parking lot, that I have on nice pants, ok socks, and my old brown gardening shoes (usually with the university t-shirt, just in case readers think my description comes up short). The problem is that when I work at home I'll take a break and head outside to pull weeds for a couple of minutes, so I'll have stepped into an old pair of gardening shoes. And forgotten to take them off.

Gnu, really, who would WANT to take their pants off over their boots? You'll just leave crud from your work boots on the inside legs of your pants. If it's such a job to remove your boots, maybe you should consider getting velcro fasterners for them instead of laces?

:)