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Yes, you're not getting wimpy. You just moved to a f***ing cold place. Your environment has changed, you have not.
All will be well once you have figured out how to dress for the activity and amount of time that you will be outside. I didn't work it out until my second winter, and by then I decided I had had enough.
I didn't wear wool socks which might explained why today my toes were getting cold after only 5 km. Technically one could/should wear boot covers at least. I don't like the idea of cycling in boots and slipping of the pedals.
Ventured out today at -17 degrees C. this morning. Up to -12 C (whoopee :D).
Still my fingers were cold. My lobster claw insulated mitts require I have to shove my mittened hands into them, I have them all layered up in advance.
Still, today I was glad to get home after more grocery shopping (with a stop at a bakery for a lovely pastry. They treated me well by bringing out a chair for me to sit and have a hot coffee too.). I have a case of Reynauld's syndrome in my fingers, which get cold easily even in near freezing temp.