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I've long been a collector of those puffed up, warm as anything hooded (if possible) coats and jackets that'll take you anywhere, keep you dry and warm, work perfectly as knee rugs (and no I am not that old) in the cinema and last you for ever and a day.
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I really can't listen to the 'oh I hate hoods' merchants who get out their brollies when the snow falls (I mean really!). I'm always warm, and I'll usually have a spare coat in the car with me so if you see me, and you're shivering, come and ask.
If all of this sounds a bit smug I really don't mean to, it just comes of living in a cold place (very), having three energetic dogs and wanting to keep warm.
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Best if you can is to have a couple, one long one to throw snowballs in, and one slightly shorter to look sexy in the snow over skinny jeans and trousers, your feet in a pair of boots, with the jacket slightly waisted to show that underneath all of those layers you do have curves. Really.