Mocking Daddy

This morning it was, quite literally, freezing outside, which prompted me to break out the intermediate cold weather gear (the real cold weather stuff is reserved for the low 20s F (-6C) and below. My intermediate gear consists of:

*Bib shorts

*t-shirt

*arm warmers

*long sleeve sweater

*lycra shorts

*wind-resistant trousers

*socks

*shoe covers

*cycling shoes

*snood (I covet the snood of truth, personally, though mine is rather more basic) worn partly over the head and covering the lower face

*cycling jacket with hood up

*thick gloves

*wrap-around sunglasses

The reason I spell this out is only so you can fully appreciate what it was the kids were ridiculing when they watched me get dressed this morning. Claire asked if they would even recognize me, given that only a thin line of flesh around my sunglasses is visible. Lauren felt that they would know me by the clothes.

Incidentally, the only addition I make for the really cold weather is maybe a hat between the snood and the hood, and a pair of seriously warm polartec leggings instead of the trousers and second pair of shorts. I have to be very careful deploying the leggings, however, as I can only stay inside for 2 minutes before passing out from heat exhaustion.