Skip to winter.

Today was the first cool day in a while.

I love fall.

It is my come-to-life time.

It is the time of year that M. and I went on our first date. Both of us were born in November.

It is a wonderful cooling-off period.

After the gym this morning I walked with my iPod on listening to Les Feuilles Mortes. I love that song. The version I love most is by Michel Legrand & Stephane Grappelli. Download this version before it gets to be fall. And then listen to it. The violin is heartbreaking.

I grew up in the Sonoran Desert where there really aren't seasons. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy not owning a winter coat until I moved east, but I do look forward to winter. There are so many fashion choices per outfit: tights, leggings, boots, knee socks, sweaters, hats and coats.

I bought the help-me-I'm-freezing-jacket before the second winter I spent here. It resembles a black sleeping bag. And when I wear it I am completely warm but I am a black sleeping bag in a sea of black sleeping bags.

I don't want to be a bag, sleeping or otherwise.

So this got me thinking. How about something different--something space-age? Would you ever expect to find it at Land's End? I would not. However, I think I may be going for it. Why not?

The Women's Angel Down Coat is available at http://www.landsend.com/ for $134.50.

Let's get one!!