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I know that by writing this post I relinquish the right to claim that I will freeze to death this winter. I do reserve the right to complain about the cold weather and remind all those at home that it is bone chilling Sibierian winds I must fight daily to survive.

The only reason I'm still here.

The only reason I'm still here.

  About a month ago people began discussing the coming Winter. It soon became apparent that I was no where near prepared for what was to come. As a California girl through and through my thin blood could not comprehend the temperatures they were discussing nor the wind chill factors they all dreaded. The Idahoans and Utahans in the branch soon took pity on me and began helping me outfit for the winter. Victoria was the life saver, she lent me this beautiful bad boy for the winter. I must admit when she handed it over I almost laugh it was so light. 100% down this baby is. I always thought the only way to get warmth was weight boy was I wrong. Nothing gets past this coat, now if only I could get a pair of pants made of this stuff.  

Outfitted for winter! Still taking donations.

Outfitted for winter! Still taking donations.

This weekend I ventured to Qingdao for church and yet another stage in the winter outfitting process. So here are my spoils from Saturday. Two 10yuan shapeless sweaters (the only down side to this purchase is I now don’t want to pay more than 10 yuan for a sweater no matter how much better they look). Two pairs of fleece lined footie stockings. A pair of insulated gloves, three pairs of wool socks, two pairs of thick socks,  two pairs of cheap ear muffs (wind blocks I’ve decided),  insulated earmuffs and last but not least a pair of leg warmers, yup Kayte is now a proud owner of leg warmers. The last two items are from Victoria. I have no right to complain the Lord always sends me guardian angels, Victoria is my weather one.

My shapeless Y10 warm bundle of joy.
My shapeless Y10 warm bundle of joy.
Needless to say I no longer give a hoot about looks. I have just decided to be the warmest Michelin man possible and these sweaters are going to be my key to success. Thank goodness I’ve had three months to grow accustomed to stares because now I feel like the Chinese really have something to stare at. My arms just about stick straight out when I walk from all the layers. I definitely shuffle with all the layers on the bottom half and my big Huggs. How they can still figure out I’m a westerner under all my layers beats me. Or maybe it is all the layers that give me away, who knows. But thank goodness I’m not trying to find anyone here because I’m definitely on the pathetic side when it comes to appearances.