WoolWeenies Club

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Lisa - when you mentioned your wool hats with ear flaps, it made me think of this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=titOp7rcTEQ&feature=related

"Pretty cunning, don't you think?"

(ignore the body in the box, I'm just talking about the hat)

Oh that's funny! I didn't know such hats were "stylin'" now!
Here is my favorite hat....it was knit for me by a singer friend in NC up in the mountains in her cabin. It has 4 long braids that hang down the front. I love it and wear it most of all....

[Crankin]

I bought one of those hats with ear flaps when I was in Lake Placid and it was -10 F (with no snow). It's so warm, I didn't even wear it up in Vermont last month, when it was 15 out. Too sweaty!
Trisk, I honestly don't know anyone who has a down coat. You will be fine. Just put on another layer of wool under your coat if you feel cold. Like I said before, get really good gloves and a hat and you will be fine. And wool socks. Also, I just realized that I really don't go out and walk around in my "regular" clothes when it's really cold out. The things I have for outdoor sports keep me warm up to many degrees below zero. So, be like the natives and plan some indoor activities that don't require a lot of outdoor time if the cold is bothering you.

I wonder how far of a walk it is to Zoe's from the T in HS..... you might see me arrive in quite an outfit!!!

[Triskeliongirl]

Thanks Robin. I was just thinking I would walk there from my son's dorm. The dorm is on mass ave. next to the MIT athletic fields, and I think it will be just as far to walk to the Kendall T and then walk from the Harvard Square T stop. It sounds like if I just head down mass ave. from from the dorm I'll find it between central and harvard square. This part of town I know well, since I lived in the apt. complex right across from the Orson Wells Theater when I was a post-doc at MIT 22 years ago. I know there is a bus that runs down mass ave, but I'll probably be colder waiting for the bus than moving.

p.s. My son just bought a down jacket! But I agree, I prefer items that can be layered. I am off tomorrow, not sure about internet access but you have my cell phone if there is any change of plans. I am looking forward to meeting you. At least I know what you look like from your recent post, and I do have a pic of my here somewhere.

[Crankin]

Trisk, the last weather forecast I saw shows 40 for Saturday, but it will be cold in the AM.
I might have had a haircut by Sat. Usually, I have very short hair, but I've let it grow for 3-4 months. And, I hope I don't look as bad as my pictures in person... I've never photographed well and now they show all the wrinkles!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Robyn, you look totally cute- with your short hair, freckles, and yes even with wrinkles! I'm having to deal with wrinkles now too, and the "gee, whose neck IS that??!" syndrome. But our cuteness and goodness shines right through from the inside, there's no stopping it!!