wherein Liz bemoans the (hopefully temporary!) absence of her winter coat

[edenfalling]

My lovely, warm, long winter coat is at the tailor's right now, theoretically getting its zipper replaced. (It turns out that not only has the locking tab thingy fallen off, the bottom of one teeth track is shredding through the fabric it's set into. So it's a replacement, not just a repair job.) Anyway, my coat's absence was survivable Monday and Tuesday, though not pleasant -- I wore my fall jacket and a scarf, jogged part of the way too and from work, and made sure to put on my outdoor layers at least five minutes before going outside, so as to work up some residual heat.

That is not going to cut it on Wednesday. Our predicted high is 27F (approx. -3C) at best, with noticeable wind and chance of snow all day long. By the time I walk home after closing the store, it will be around 18-20F (approx. -7C), with even more noticeable winds.

My current plan is to get up early, walk to work wearing pantyhose under my khakis and a turtleneck fleece vest under my jacket, and change out of the pantyhose when I arrive. Then I will insulate again for my walk home, at 9:30pm.

*shivers preemptively*

I want my coat back!


I am really dreading Thursday, which has a predicted high of 20F. I will have to run around town doing errands and laundry and stuff all morning while it's even colder than that, plus walk home at night when it's back down to about 15F (-9.5C). I would not be thrilled about that prospect even with my coat -- just as I think there is no excuse for temperatures over 80F, I think there is no excuse for temperatures under 20F -- but at least I would not be worrying about frostbite!

Comments

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

Can you borrow a spare coat from someone? Buy an old down jacket at Goodwill? You really shouldn't be running around coatless in that kind of weather!

[edenfalling]

I'm not really coatless -- I do have my jacket (which is good down to about 35F) and the fleece vest under that. It's just that I have to take all these extra measures when normally I could simply wear my coat and be done with it.