scrawls.

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13.9.07

things i should acquire prior to Winter

which i did not buy last Winter, but we got here when it was halfway done, and it was very mild, and i'd really rather not be Miserable again:

hoody fleecy stretchy thing that has a ZIPPER, unlike the fleecy, but unhoody, nonzippery pullover thing i have now, in a color that will not show dog hair, namely, charcoal grey or dark brown, rather than black. Zipper will accomodate babywearing where pullover thing will really, really, really NOT. Lesson: never compromise. I wanted a thing with a proper zipper last year and got that shit instead. Why? Lesson no. 2: Old Navy is not a place for real outerwear.
Edit: full zippered, pockety, fleecy, slightly waterproof, theoretically windproof, jacket, nonblack, check.

sausage coat with some hardcore fucking down in it. Larger size than usual to accomodate babywearing. Black or dark brown. I need something quite a bit warmer than what i have, but also not a neon green non-down-filled ski parka. Dear Self: you don't ski all that often, and wearing a ski parka to Not Ski is like all those people with shiny, shiny extended-cab duallie trucks.

Proper boots: black, waterproof, decent grippy soles, flat or near-flat heel. Preferably mid-calf, no fleece showing, leather. Lesson: the boots you got in Texas were not made to stand up for more than a single season of actual wearing, and are about as far from waterproof as it is possible to imagine. There is a hole in one seam already. This is why they were $9.

Several umbrellas. I have shitty luck with umbrellas. Lesson: an umbrella is never, ever, ever an investment piece.

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