Most of us have been in this situation more than once. If you were wearing fur lined leather gloves, your fingers would have stayed toasty warm and the water would have stayed on the outside of the leather gloves where it belonged.

But what about the leather? Won't it get ruined from wet snow? Actually, the better fur lined leather gloves are treated with a waterproofing agent and they should be fine from the wet snow and ice. Now you probably don't want to submerge them in ice water if you can help it because each time they get wet you lose a little of the waterproofing treatment.

The good news is that you can buy waterproofing treatment and treat your gloves yourself. Do it a couple of times through the winter and the gloves should last you a very long time. You won't have to buy another pair of gloves for years, or until you lose one of the gloves.

Fur lined leather gloves are great for driving, too. Fabric gloves, if kept dry, will certainly help to keep your hands warm when you touch the steering wheel in the car, but leather gloves repel the cold even better, especially when they are lined with fur.Have you ever driven with fabric gloves and had the steering wheel slip from your hands while driving? This can be very dangerous! This won't happen if you're wearing leather driving gloves while driving. The leather will grip your steering wheel even better than hands without gloves. Driving gloves are always made of leather.