I've always found that mittens keep my hands much warmer than gloves.

My hands are always cold, too. I wear mittens.

Have you ever tried the little hand warmer thingies you can put inside your gloves? Like hunters use? Wondering if those might help . . .

There are actually battery heated gloves available. And those little hand warmer packs really do work....for awhile. Otherwise, I'd suggest something other than just a natural fabric (wool, leather, even fur) and go with a synthetic like polartec for at least a lined glove or mitten. I'm pretty sure polartec is waterproof as well.

I hear ya, delilah. And it seems that the likelihood one will go missing is directly related to how much you pay for them. I have a pair of grubby black leather garbage mitts that I've had for years. Last year I decided to upgrade to a very expensive pair of leather fur trimmed mittens. I lost one within the first week and so it was back to wearing the grubby garbage mitts (that never go missing).

Now why didn't I think of my mittens? Probably because I don't feel like I have the same control and hand dexterity when wearing them so I don't use them as often.

I'll have to get the pair out of my play coat and maybe buy another pair or two so there's a pair for every coat. I have a gift card to LLBean, they probably have a few sturdy options.

Yesterday, my hands were troublesome and all I could think about was my father's old expression "what are you going to do when winter comes?" I ended up wearing my little knit gloves while grocery shopping. I looked eccentric, I'm sure. All summer, I keep a little jacket in the car for use when shopping in the freezing grocery store. Now I'll keep knit gloves, since mittens limit my ability to pick things up off the shelves, etc.

Thanks for the ideas.

I have a pair of LL Bean insulated mittens that I use when shoveling snow - they're much warmer than gloves.

Mittens are definitely warmer than gloves.

They do make fingerless gloves with mitten covers so you can get your finger tips out when you need them and keep them covered when you don't. I've not used them though so no idea if they're more of a pain than not.

As a California Girl who travels back East, these worked great for me. Had rabbit fur lined gloves from Macy’s and my hands were always freezing. I found mine at the Rack last year.

I wear gloves that are lined with something like polar tec for outside. You can get polartec liners for relatively cheap.

I have the uggs 1929 Spanish posted. I also have another pair of uggs in black. My hands are never really cold but we have had some really cold winters where I have been working outside and my hands have stayed warm in these units.

Good luck!

Thanks for the ideas, everyone. I think I'll need a few levels of coverage, for different temperatures, so it's nice to know about these options.

Yesterday, I bought a simple pair of mittens at LLBean (polartec or some type of advanced fabric). I asked the clerk to cut off the tag since I was wearing them immediately. She said "oh, is it cold out?" Welllll, probably not to most people.

The problems with their heartier mittens were they didn't have any grippy stuff on the palm, which makes it slippery when gripping the steering wheel, or they were one size doesn't fit all. If I'm already sacrificing fine dexterity, I don't need big floppy, clown gloves. Who knew I had small hands? One pair, meant for skiing or sports, had clips and straps to tighten, but I couldn't unhook them just to try them on so I knew those would be a no-go.

You can find shearling lamb fur gloves on ebay for $20-25 (from China).

I have gloves I use for skiing and they are excellent; thin enough to give me dexterity and yet warm. I would look at ski sites. In the meantime I will look to see who makes them. I also often wear liners under gloves when I ski.

i've been curious about the down gloves, seems like you wouldn't be able to do anything in them, but they sound warm....

I've been disappointed in some of the more expensive, bought from sporting goods store, space-age fabric gloves and mittens. What has been working the best for me lately is a pair of thin wool glove liners that I wear inside either my Salomon mittens (when I am just out for a walk) or a pair of old fashioned wool raglan gloves -- the kind that have leather on the palms and fingers for grip.

Sheepskin gloves with the fur on the inside. Your hands will never be cold.

fwiw mine are by Hestra

I was talking about the Sheepskin gloves too ( shearing lamb fur). There are some US sellers on eBay selling those too (just cost more than ordering from China). I used those riding in the cold weather once in a great while ( in Nov), my friends all had heated motorcycle gloves which cost much more.

Did you find a pair yet?