During the hectic "Black Friday" day my son got me up at 4:30 A M! It was insane to get to Burlington Coat Factory that early, but everyone else was doing it so we thought why shouldn't we? We missed our exit and had to turn around and got to the store at 5:30 A. M. There were maybe 4 people in the store! What was the rush?
It took me awhile to find a decent coat. It seems that nowadays, coats are so much thinner and have less of a lining than when I was a lot younger. Do the manufacturers think there will be 'global warming' and it is therefore healthy to wear thin coats in winter? Can you survive in a thin coat in the northeastern states?
Even in Virginia it can get cold. I tried on a goose down (I assumed it was goose) filled coat, but it had no real lining and it seemed paper thin. I bought it and wore it outside. My son said, well, you have a month to decide to bring it back, but I didn't want to "come" back. So we shopped next door in Big Lots and then I brought it back. And bought a different coat, that was very furry on one side. It "seemed" warm anyway, and had a better style but the down filled one. But it was a little big -- guess I could line it with extra sweaters if I need to. Is it healthy to make winter coats so thin nowadays?
School has kept me busy and soon the grading and classes will be over for the semester. Then I have to work on "another" new course, and finish my satire. My mystery novel is seemingly going nowhere just now.
