As we write this, it's snowing. We, in fact, had a whole other post started but when it started to snow, we realized that staying warm in crap weather is more important to us than most other things.
We hate being cold. We are cold all the time. We are cold in the winter, cold in the air conditioned summers. We generally wear some kind of cardigan - be it of the sweater or sweatshirt variety - on any given day. At our desk, we keep a bright blue wool sweater that we wear over everything, including other sweaters. We do not discriminate. We have found the only way we can be warm is a combination of sweat pants, a sweat shirt, a tank top and/or t-shirt, a down (or equally heavy) blanket covering us from the ribs down, and a large, warm dog sleeping on our feet. This is exactly how we are right now. Since that's not so conducive to doing things like, oh, leaving the house, here are our cold weather picks:
Our first choice is this jacket from North Face. We never really bought into the hype of North Face, it was always just kind of like the puffiest of puffy coats. But we recently bought the Gotham Jacket and we love it. It's warm as can be, it's got zip pockets (even an internal one which is the best thing ever), and the hood comes down far enough to shield your face when it's snowing and raining and nature is basically spitting on your face. It's pricey, but we don't know anyone who has a North Face coat who doesn't love it.
Our mom always said that we should wear a hat because all the heat escapes that way. We didn't believe her, until we moved to city and started walking. And then we had winter without heat (because of our deadbeat landlord, not because we didn't pay the bill). Hats, especially those lined with something, are where it's at. We can't tell if we feel completely ridiculous or secretly cool in a bomber hat, but we don't care. There are tons of styles out there, but we like this one because the fur isn't real. We feel we should pause for a moment to note two things; we are unsure if the North Face jacket has fake or real fur. We were told it was fake at the time of non-refundable purchase. And second, we are not implying that anyone should buy fake fur because we prefer it - everyone is entitled to their opinion. There are things we do our best not to do - like eat hot dogs - but that doesn't mean we won't come to the barbecue and eat all your potato salad. Anyway. We love hats lined with fuzzy materials, and we like that this one isn't over the top.
Bomber Hat with Faux Fur, $39.50
We're still really into bright blue, and we can only imagine that this scarf would be warm. We have a few that are similar, and they're the kind of thing we don't take off all day long.
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