! am most bothered when driving the car. The cold steering wheel hurts my fingers, but if I wear mittens I can't grip the steering wheel properly, and get cramps in my hands from using the muscles wrong.
My default solution has been leather gloves, which I think of as my driving gloves, starting in late September. On a really cold morning, I will use a less-well-insulated travel mug for my tea, and switch hands with it as I drive.
Recently I was gifted a bulky knit pair of fingerless mitts that were too big for anyone else. They are pale pink--which is nowhere in my schema of black and white everything-- but I have worn them over my default red leather gloves (red is best, people will chase you if you drop one; I've lost more black ones than I can count) and also over the Radiant Orchid ones my daughter rejected as the wrong shade of purple. They seem to add some extra warmth without lessening my driving-grip, but we haven't had enough serious cold to be sure.
Other things to keep in mind: Raynaud's is centrally mediated, so what warms--or--chills your toes will affect your fingers, and vice versa. So, make sure your toes are toasty warm. And I have found running my hands under very hot water can make my toes stop hurting on a chilly morning. Also, neck warmth. There's some suggestion that a scarf or turtleneck--ie sealing in a warmer core temperature--will also signal that it is safe to send warm blood to your extremities. (For me, on the coldest driving mornings, it is long hair down and loose to insulate, or a fur scarf.)
When I don't have to drive... definitely mittens are warmer than gloves, because the fingers get to share the heat. One of the best is the kind of very warm fingerless gloves (warm wool, with only fingertips bare) with a foldover mitten to put on top. These work for occasional texting too. I got my son a pair at Eddie Bauer.
