I went to the mall today to find a pair of gloves (my hands were quite cold in my office this afternoon). The problem for me is that Men's gloves are large and bulky. All I want is pair of knit gloves -- gloves that are thin but capable of warming one's hands. None of the bulky "Thinsulate" gloves that I see everywhere, which adds a quarter inch to the thickness of your fingers and makes them useless for doing any kind of work that requires manual dexterity. Leather gloves, although nice, often have the same problem as the Thinsulate gloves -- too bulky. I guess part of the problem is I live in California -- we don't have snow where I live, making the bulkyness of winter gloves rather useless. Of course, women don't have this problem. Each glove section that I've ever been in has more variety of styles and colours than the men's section -- which can be summed up in a small variety of styles: Black Thinsulate, Navy Thinsulate, Black Leather, and Brown Leather -- all of them rather large and bulky.
Which brings me to my next issue: Christmas. The stores have been decorated since before Halloween, and yet it still feels like it snuck up on me. I haven't started any Christmas shopping yet. I will likely start after my oral exam today.
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