It was sunny and relatively warm this weekend. Between five and ten degrees Celsius. Not completely out of winter weather, but certainly a bright and nice day. A good day for a run along the lake front park.
As usually when the weather began to turn warmer towards the end of winter you start to see people eager to ditch their winter coats in favor of shorts and T-shirts. You also see people that just by default continue wearing their winter coats, until it's time to put them away for good until the next season.
As I was jogging one lady did catch my attention. She was walking along the lake front, alone, and was wearing a winter coat. It looked like a warm puffy winter coat. Probably a down coat, black, but nothing too extreme, probably reaching down to her hip. And also nothing too different from what other ladies were wearing around her. What did surprise me was that she was wearing not only snow boots, but also snow pants! The snow boots might have been a bit too warm for the weather, but there were a few other ladies also wearing snow boots. But wearing snow pants does seem out of the ordinary. I don't think people just have their snow pants lying around and just pick them up for walk in the part just like you would pick up an old pair of jeans. Wearing snow pants always seemed like a very deliberate decision...
Was this her "walking outfit" during the winter months regardless of how cold or temperate it was?
Or could there be another reason she was wearing such an outfit?
I can only wonder...
But I'm sure she was warm and cozy in her snow boots, snow pants, and puffy winter coat.
Hi Avery, I agree it is unusual to wear snowpants at these days - with one exception, (only one because without snow it was not a Mother in company of her children playing in the snow) BUT I have seen dog-holders, who spent so much time at any weather with their dogs that they know it might become cold during waiting for their "familymembers"
ReplyDeleteBut I agree with you that it is not the common stile. AND we do not know IF she wears it on her own intention. During Fall and Spring I often see (98%) women, who do not follow the actual weather conditions, but the "time of the Year" when they choose their outfit. I cannot believe that all of them are freezing (so much more than me or any other men), and I cannot believe it is missing information about the actual forecast or the current temperatures outside. So it could be (not for snowpants) be because the item is new for the season to come (in fall) or from Sale and she wants a last chance to wear it before summerseason?
Some of them might just do what they have done "always" and do not believe in forecasts, but - maybe - there are some of them doing it for their partner? OR because of his demand? I see some of them on my way to the office in the morning and at lunchtime, and even some in my company, who seam to dress warmer than required, but only for special times of the year (e.g. not so often in Summer).
In a view days it will become easier to see, what they wear under jackets and coats, as the extra big scarves will stay at home, and as soon as Dowm-Coats are replaces by thick Cardigans or Woolcoats with a Turtleneck underneath - I will dream about the number of hidden T-Necks under the visible outfit, long Underwear and woolen tights, so their outfit would become complete - as training or punishment or just to obey. Wonder who else has similar feelings at this time?
Amazing story - loved it!
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