How to survive a New England winter
 

Please, I'm starting a whole thread on it! HELP ME AND MY FAMILY! ;)

I'm in New York which isn't New England, but we have similar weather. You will need winter/snow boots, winter coat, hats, gloves, scarves, sweaters, wool pants, and warm socks. That's all that I can think of right now.

one word: Hibernation.

Buy gloves, boots, scarves, any warm clothes that you can get your hands on. The snow and wind is the worst part - the cold is almost bearable, except when you factor in the other parts.

You mentioned a snowblower in the other thread; if you have enough of a driveway and sidewalk, and know how to operate one, a snowblower isn't a bad idea at all. It beats the hell out of shoveling.

Yes, New England winters are cold and snowy, but there's worse in other parts of the country. It can get kind of dreary, what with how long the winters can last (into March and April), but you'll survive.

Yeah, I'm excited more than anything. Though I'm not excited at hearing my parents complain about the winter once they're settled in and I'm still down here in Bama. :rolleyes:

I'll make it simple for you. www.llbean.com :) If you want to survive winter, it's one stop shopping!

I'll tell you what? Want to trade? I have NO problem going to see what Boston is like befor I move over there.

And I'm pretty sure you're down to visit Sunny San Diego any day.

Not to rub it in or anything, but you know a place is good when you can go to the beach in November...

Moisturizer..... and a lot of it.
Dry artic wind will do a lot of damage on the skin.
Oh, and on really bad days, give up on chapstick when outside and head straight to vaseline.

But really, it ain't that bad usually. Buy yourself a good set of winter boots, mitts, scarf, toque, and a good windproof coat, and you'll be fine.

Actually my sister lives in San Diego, so if I go nuts in CT, I can just go visit her there. I'll probably be there next summer anyway-- last time I was out there was last Thanksgiving.

To be fair, you have 140 sisters living in San Diego....


Another 150 if you count USD....

Am I the only person in the world who doesn't own snow boots? I just wear my Docs and wool socks and lots of layers and I'm fine.

I don't......but then again :D

i don't. i just wear my sneakers and some layers. usually don't even wear gloves or a hat either.

Well my blood sister is also my sorority sister, if you wanna get exact about it.

Yeah, there are definitely some smokin' GPhis in SD!

Snowboots: what about these?