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listersgirl ([personal profile] listersgirl) wrote2009-01-14 03:19 pm
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I went out at lunchtime, which was clearly a Bad Idea, because now I am freezing. Residual cold! As all Canadians between Alberta and Quebec well know, we have been hit with a brutal cold spell, and things are very, very cold. Although not as cold as they are in Winnipeg (poor [livejournal.com profile] blue_lotus - what a terrible time for a work trip!). This morning I realized what had been missing from winter so far - the experience of coughing every time I took a breath outside! Ah winter.

I should really just rename my journal The Weather Network.

[identity profile] ladykutenay.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I'm so not going outside until this is over. It's not fair to Izzy - I feel strongly that one should not have to brave -30 weather until one can talk well enough to complain about it.

[identity profile] globetrotter1.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I am such a wimp that I convinced Isabelle to order in this evening (from Sweet Lulu's, squee!) instead of dragging ourselves there.
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[personal profile] starfishchick 2009-01-14 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I tried to get some better (warmer) gloves at The Bay, they were all Kenneth Cole and/or cost $75. WHATEVER.

[identity profile] mystery-diva.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I bought a pair of serious winter gloves before skating on the weekend. There was a sale at the sports store at the mall (can't remember what it's called) and I got a pair of gortex gloves for $35 (normally $70, they say). I figured it was worth it to not be miserable in frozen Ottawa. I'm doing pretty well at staying warm, with warm boots, down-filled coat, hat with ears and the gloves. I'm certainly not *attractive*, but I am warm :)
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[personal profile] starfishchick 2009-01-15 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
In this weather, warm is much more important than attractive.

[identity profile] sarcasma.livejournal.com 2009-01-16 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Agreed. In this weather, "attractive and freezing" looks the same as "stupid".

[identity profile] mystery-diva.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I choked on my own frozen breath when I stepped outside into the -26, "feel like -36", Ottawa morning. I've been hibernating the rest of the day.

[identity profile] nonethewiser.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It is now finally cold on the east coast, too.

[identity profile] blue-lotus.livejournal.com 2009-01-15 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'm back in -15 Edmonton. Thank god.

[identity profile] anglaisepaon.livejournal.com 2009-01-15 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw the weather forecast for up there...ye gods! Stay warm today!!