If you have a rainy season (does Texas have more rain in the winter?) like we do up here in the wet north west, you may want to invest in a nice pair of fenders that you leave on for the duration. They keep you from getting the inevitable skunk stripe up your back, keep your feet and legs (and bike) cleaner and keep a lot of yuck out of the eyes and face of anyone who needs to ride behind you (especially if you add a buddy flap - a piece of plastic/tape/cardboard that hangs down beyond the fender and keeps spray from flying up)

Speaking of buddy flaps - please, please if you go on group rides in the winter be kind and use fenders with a buddy flap - otherwise banish yourself to the back of the pack without having to be asked. If you don't know what a buddy flap is ask. Your LBS may be willing to set you up with one made out of 1/2 a shop water bottle pretty cheap and I might be willing to mail some out for free if there is enough interest (I make mine out of big plastic jugs that kitty litter comes in - its the same material as milk jugs - and yes it is clean!)

Eden have you been cyclocrossing, you are awfully muddy, always stuck behind the jive turkey without the fenders on our winter training rides, doesn't like to floss grit out of her teeth which is why I pass out buddy flaps at team rides so please use them Palmer