WoolWeenies Club

[Triskeliongirl]

OK, woolweenies. I need your help to choose one outerlayer to bring on my trip up north in early february. I don't want to buy another coat for what is a once a year trip for me so these are my choices:

1. My daughter thinks I should bring what I call my big puffy coat. Its one of those coats that covers me from head to toe, waterproof nylon on the outside, stuffed with some man made stuffing, and has a huge furry hood. Yeh, its hideous looking and several sizes too big on me (I bought it 35 lbs ago in a rush to wear to my mothers funeral.....) but I remember being toasty warm in it burying my mom in a blizzard. If its way too big do I have to worry about all that air in there, or will it all just get heated up by my body and work great, even if I look like an elephant in it. DD thinks this is the one cuz she worries I'll get sick easily from the drastic change in temperature like she did upon returning to school from the holidays.

2. I was thinking to bring a heavy leather jacket, with the zip out lining zipped in. This comes maybe mid-hip in length. Looks the sharpest and is what I wear here in our 30-40 degree days, only a little big but good for accepting layers. My daughter worries it won't be good if it rains or snows.

3. I have a ski jacket, synthetic and insulated, very cute looking, but again on the short side (maybe even shorter than the leather jacket in terms of the insulated portion, cuz its designed to wear over ski pants and no hood), but at least can handle wet weather. This is probably the best compromise between style and warmth. It does fit me cuz I bought it 20 years ago, pre-children.

4. I have a Columbia 3 in one jacket (ski type shell with zip out fleece jacket), just covers my hips and butt, has a hood, only a little bit on the big side, but also very puffy looking.

5. I have a WOOL dress coat, 3/4 length, but fairly open in front and also several sizes too big for me.