i decided that i needed to buy myself a tent, both for backpacking this spring before i leave Illinois, and perhaps for living in this summer. i found an awesome 2-person Marmot tent on big sale online and bought it last weekend - it got to me on Friday, and i promptly set it up in my room and took a nap in it. these two people have to like each other a lot, and can't be fat.
on Friday, i went to a big sale at REI with two coworkers, and i ended up buying a new down jacket and rain jacket - both made by Isis, a high-end women's clothing maker, and both the same bright green, and both $60 when they were originally $200.
i just field-tested the down jacket - today, it is -4 degrees with a -28 wind chill, although it is sunny. i went to the grocery store, and i wore my down jacket (650-fill) and my big down vest over the top (800-fill). i got so hot on the way that i had to stop and take off the vest. i was still hot on the walk home, in just the down jacket! i was walking fast, and it was sunny, but still, there were 20mph gusts of -4 degree wind, and i felt great, except for the exposed bits of my face. snug as a bug in a rug, so to speak. so i am pleased as punch with my neat sales-rack purchase. and i look so classy, too! according to the label (made by a company named Isis, keep in mind), i am a goddess. nothing i didn't already know...
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