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Last night, I was visited by Gandalf in a dream and invited to go on the quest to find my perfect parka for the winter. We were having none of those namby-pamby synthetic non-down high-tech light jackets. <\/span><\/p>\n

I would go out and find the most hardy coat I could, with features I would never use, to overcompensate for the pointlessness of my existence in general. <\/span><\/p>\n

I was reluctant about spending two hours of my time\u2014time that would be better spent trying and failing to do my homework\u2014on such a frivolous task. I mean, it wasn\u2019t as if I could die or something, not having the best winter coat ever. Oh, on second thought\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, anyway, I didn\u2019t want to die, or worse, hand in incomplete homework. So I went. I was dragged out of my Donlon-hole and on threat of death, went to the famed thrift store in the Commons. Nope, I can\u2019t afford Canada Goose. At least, not yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018The Old Goat\u2019s Gear Exchange\u201d sounds like a harbinger of doom, but that\u2019s where I went. I don\u2019t have the patience or the persistence (unlike my colleague, Bilbo Baggins) to write a novel\u2014or five\u2014about my adventures there. Suffice it to say, I found a men\u2019s coat a size too big that I bought home. My roommate did not approve.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even as I write this, I second-guess myself and wonder whether I made the right decision. I\u2019m googling the meaning of fill power, the differences between duck and goose down, and good and bad air pockets right now. <\/span><\/p>\n

Are my coat specs enough to get me through Ithaca\u2019s winter? Just in case any of you better-informed readers can make sense of this stuff: It\u2019s… actually, I can\u2019t even bring myself to list it. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, post war-adventure, any suggestions and tips on choosing winter clothes would be welcome! So would company when I inevitably go and try to exchange my current coat for another.<\/span><\/p>\n

Disclaimer: Online shopping is not my thing. Any suggestions suggesting that will go straight to Sauron.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014Kshama Sridevi Malavalli \u201921<\/span><\/p>\n

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