So by what I can gather from wunderground.com and the weather outside my girlfriend's house, most of Western Washington is sitting under a few inches of show.

Seeing the snow fall over Bellingham reminds me of the post-Thanksgiving blizzard that struck the area two years ago. No one was really prepared for two feet of snow.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and those days were no different. I had to walk everywhere I went because I had no car (even if I did, I wouldn't have had chains) and I had no footwear worthy of this weather. Frankly I'm not going to buy nice boots for the two days of the year it snows. So I invented a simple solution that kept my feet relatively warm and dry, and might help you out in the current storm.

Materials:

One pair of sneakers
Two or more pairs of socks
two or more plastic garbage (preferred) or grocery bags.

1: Put on all of the socks you wish to use except one pair. These insulate your foot.

2: Wrap your besocked foot in your plastic bags. This forms a waterproof layer. Garbage bags are thicker plastic with fewer holes, but not many people have smallish trash bags. I stole mine from a dorm's front desk. If you have them, they are worth it. If not, then a few grocery bags should work.

3. Put your last pair of socks over the bags. These are going to get completely soaked, but their only purpose is to hold your bags tight against your foot.

4. Put on your shoes and tuck the openings of the bags under your pant legs. You don't want snow to fall into the opening and melt.

5. Go out.

It's not perfect, but I walked halfway across Bellingham in two feet of snow with these shoes and I still have all my toes.

Warning: not for children under 5. Choking hazard.