Women's Ladybug and Frogs Boots Have Returned

This February Marks the Return of Western Chief Women's Ladybug and Frog Rain Boots

Western Chief Women's Frog Rain Boots $39.95

Western Chief Women's Ladybug Rain Boots $39.95

These charming creatures have always been two of the most popular styles of wellies DLL Rainwear has carried. We even 'commissioned' Western Chief to make Men's Frog boots and they, too, literally jumped off our warehouse shelves. There was a collective sigh of sadness among people of all ages when the manufacturer chose to discontinue the women's versions of these puddle stompers a few years back.


Now all you lovers of ladybugs and frogs can click your rubber-clad heels because as of February, DLL Rainwear will be getting a limited supply of both Women's Ladybug and Frog boots in sizes 5 through 11. We are accepting pre-orders on our website at the links above.


A children's version of the Ladybug boots are currently available as is a kid's Frog umbrella. Sadly, the Men's Frogs are still unavailable but maybe someday soon, they will make a comeback.


Order a pair (or two) for yourself as well as for all your fellow Ladybug lovers and Froggie fanatics. Then, go outside and Puddle Stomp in Style!  

A Day in the Life at the DLL Warehouse

The below is an IM conversation between myself and a couple of other people that work at DLL Rainwear.

We use IM to communicate most of the time. Easier than picking up the phone but more immediate than email. Plus we get to create cute Avatars and change their clothes. Kinda like a Barbie for adults. Okay so maybe that is a big plus only for me.... Here is a really bad picture of my Avatar. But you get the idea.

Here is a rundown of the cast of characters in the convo.

ME: Duh…..

JOHN: Our Warehouse Manager, otherwise known as Shipping Dude

JESSICA: Customer Service God-Dess

DIANE: DLL’s owner

SABRINA: Our kick-ass PR person.

Some DLL Definitions:

SAMPLE REQUESTS: Lists of items our PR person sends us that magazine will possibly use in upcoming articles and/or photoshoots. They almost always arrive at the worst possible time and must go out ASAFP.

FEDEX: John’s arch nemesis. We use UPS and any FEDEX shipments entail lugging heavy boxes filled with boots to FEDEX to fill out (by hand) tedious paperwork. Note: their deadline for overnight shipments is 4:30pm.

So here’s what went down:

ME TO JOHN (at 1:30pm): Hey John. Just got a HOT sample request. IM me ASAP when you get back from lunch.

About 35 minutes later, so like 2pm:

JOHN TO ME: I’m back. What’s up?

ME: Sabrina just emailed me an urgent sample request. There are about 40+ items that need to go out today for A.M. delivery. FEDEX of course. :-(

JOHN: You have GOT to be kidding me?!

(This would give him about 2 hours to pull 40 things, package them up, weigh them, and haul them over to the FEDEX place. So not a lot of time really.)

ME TO JOHN: Sadly no. I am organizing the list right now and will email over everything.

DIANE TO ME: John just asked me to come in and help him with the samples. I told him I can’t. He is flipping out!!

JESSICA: Kristen! I just went downstairs and John is frantically bagging the orders.
He is fah-reekin!!

ME TO JOHN (about 15 minutes later): I just emailed you the list.

Nothing from John…..nothing from John….nothing from John.

ME TO JOHN: Did you get my email??

ME TO JOHN: Hello….?

Here is the email I sent:

TO: John, DLL Shipping
FR: Kristen, DLL Customer Service
SUBJECT: HOT SAMPLE THAT MUST SHIP TODAY

John,

Here is the sample request list. It HAS to go out today overnight. I have a FEDEX account number to use. See below for details. If you have any questions, let me know.

BTW…


APRIL FOOL’S!!!!!



This is the email John sent back to me:


TO: Kristen, DLL Customer Service
FR: John, DLL Shipping
RE: SUBJECT: HOT SAMPLE THAT MUST SHIP TODAY

Happy birthday you old bag! (April 1st is my birthday)

Needless to say…I won’t be paying a visit to the warehouse anytime soon….


Blogging off for now…

The Old Bag

DLL Rainwear’s Rain, Rain, Blog Away…….The drips and drops of the online rainwear world.

Apparently we at DLL Rainwear have been a bit behind the times in our online hipness factor. We have hundreds of rain boots, coats and umbrellas on our really cool online store but we don’t have a BLOG! Where the heck have we been?!? So consider this us pulling our heads out of the, um…rain puddle and moving into Blogsville.

Bear with me as I get into the blogging groove. I have been warned to rein in (no pun intended) my sassiness over which I appear to have little control but will do my best. It may sneak out once in awhile so I am just warning you ahead of time.

So to formally introduce myself:

Name: Kristen

How long with DLL: 2 years

Position: Customer Service, PR, little o’ this, little o’ that and now blogologist

Sign: Aries

Birthdate: April 1st (stay tuned for details on April Fool’s joke I played recently)

Shoe Size: 9

Rain Boots in my Closet: DLL Feminista (see above)and Sperry Sadies in Black. If I had a bigger closet, I’d have about 15 pairs.

Why those boots? I helped design the Fem boots so obviously I think they rock. They have lipstick, lattes and cute undies on them. And they are pink. What’s not to love? The Sadies are really comfy and have a dressier look to them. Plus they make me ominously taller than my kids. ;-)

Last time I wore my boots: The first week of April. We were in NYC for a work event and I hoofed it around midtown all day in my Fem boots. Got a lot of looks….maybe because it was not actually raining?

Okay, enough about me.

I want this blog to be fun and informative for all of us. I am planning some contests, a poll or two, the latest fashion tips, random musings that strike me throughout the day… I’d also love to post pictures of you, your kids, your neighbor, even your sister’s boyfriend’s cousin’s mother’s gardener in their rain boots. So send in your ideas, your photos, your comments. Let’s get this party started!!

Bloggin off for now.