Get some full face guards instead, then you don't have to worry about gloves or messing up your face for work the next day. Typically my sparring partner and I will "slap" the face (or palm) and go to town on the body and legs as we see fit that day if we don't have or want to put on gear that day.
Good for conditioning!!
"I don't know if anyone is known with the art of "sitting on your couch" here, but in my eyes it is also to be a martial art.
It is the art of avoiding dangerous situations. It helps you to avoid a dangerous situation by not actually being there. So lets say there is a dangerous situation going on somewhere other than your couch. You are safely seated on your couch so you have in a nutshell "difused" the situation."