protection obsession

So it's not *really* cold yet here in Utah. Lows are in the 20s, highs between the 30s and 50s. Some snow, little wind, pretty much bliss actually. Sweater-weather without the bite that January and February (at least of last year) have (had) in the mountains.

I was speaking with a grocer at the local natural foods store (Fairweather Natural Foods...They don't have their own website) the other day, and she was telling me about how, last year during Sundance when she was waiting for the bus, her eyelashes broke off, and she watched them fall onto her jacket. Whoa. Then, when I was retelling that story to a couple who recently moved to Park City from Chicago, one of them replied, "Oh yeah, that's what all of winter is like in Chicago."
(Needless to say, I shat my pants. Figuratively. Mostly).
And since, I have been obsessively looking at coats that I can't afford. Such as these.

JLo's Double-breasted hooded wool coat. Delicious.




A Steve-madden wool-blend.




Mmm and my favorite: Ellen Tracy Wool-Cashmere blend with that little stand-up collar.

Sighhhh.

Oh, well. My mama's knitting me socks. That's something at least (I'll post pictures of those when she finishes with them).

All lusting after winterwear done via www.overstock.com.