Dear New Jacket,

I LOVE YOU! I know I told DH that I would return you to the store if he wanted me too, being you were so expensive and all. But that was a total lie. I was prepared to do whatever it was going to take to keep you. And letting DH think he had a say in the decision was my ingenious way of not only sealing the deal guilt-free, but making DH feel good about it too. Mwha-hahahahahaha!

You are a warm and silky, heavenly wrap. I'm looking forward to many cold-weather ventures together. You'll keep my rear warm around the campfire during the brisk fall evenings. And when the bitter bone-chill sets in after a late-season mountain bike ride, you will wrap me up like a swaddling blanket.

During the winter, when I urban-hike up and down the Magnificent mile,
when I snowshoe across the face of Mars,
when spectating the Jingle Bell parade from a frozen brick of concrete--you will be my marshmallow-topped cocoa.
My afternoon pot of coffee.
My extra-thick smartwool socks.
My Dove chocolate.

Excuse me if I must steal moments to caress your soft bulk and nuzzle my face in your silky folds.

~Limewave