ZekeR

In Minnesota winter, the weather can be 40ºF one day, and be 10ºF the next day with windchills taking it down to below zero.

My poor brain isn't equipped for it even after many, many years of the same cycle.

After a couple days of warm weather, things get real sloppy. I inevitably leave my hat and gloves back at home. Or in the car. Or at the restaurant.

The solution seems to be to keep buying cheap new accessories and stuffing them into every nook and cranny I can for easy retrieval when the wind starts blowing again and I can feel the moisture in my eyes crystalizing.

The types of accessories that make all the difference:

Gloves, both bigger "choppers" and lightweight porous fabric ones
Hats (hopefully with a built-in way to cover your ears)
Scarves: Wow its always surprising how much difference a scarf makes when you put it on
Balaclava: You look like you're going to rob a bank, but if it keeps my cheeks/nose from getting frostbite, I'm all for it

This retail-store blogical is the perfect summary of military surplus cold weather options.



Just observations I discovered as the world moves farther into January. (and we still have February and March to go!)