Fat Girl in a Little Coat

In Georgia, snow doesn't come in massive quantities. OK, it rarely comes at all! SO, when you get the opportunity to go snow tubing on real snow AND you don't have to leave the state to do it, you should jump on that opportunity! That is exactly what I did! They have turned Stone Mountain into Snow Mountain for the next 12 weeks, so my friends and I decide that we will partake in the fun! Yeah, so we pick the coldest night of the year to head out and brave the "slopes"! What were we thinking???? All we knew was layer, layer, layer!

So, me being me, I'm concerned about being fashion conscious while being warm. As I began planning my outfit, I realized that my little knit gloves weren't going to cut it and I needed a hat and earwarmers! What does a girl in my situation do, she goes to the closest sporting goods store to find these fine necessities of life. Keep in mind, that I needed these items to compliment the rest of the outfit! Not an easy task, I must say! After 30 minutes of wandering through the local sporting goods store, I had items checked off my list! Gloves, check; cute hat, check; earwarmes, check; thermals, check check. For the lower half of my body, I had thermals, jeans, and two pairs of thick socks. For the upper portion, I was donning a lovely cami, the thermal shirt, my Bon Jovi longsleeved pink tee- a girl hittin' the snow needs a little Jon Bon for the ride ;-), a mossy green GAP hoodie with GAP stitched in a deep Eggplant purple and outlined in pink (the perfect compliment to my pink tee underneath), a brown and pink hat, and cream earwarmers and scarf. I was prepared...so I thought!

Then a friend called, and began telling me about her experience snow tubing and said I may need to rethink my layers. She said I needed waterproof pants and a ski jacket. Ski jacket, I had and it (shock of all shocks) complimented the outfit quite nicely. Waterproof pants???? Seriously, that was gonna kill the whole look I had going! Unfortunately, I had none and time was short, so that was not an option for me. I then come up with the brilliant plan of rain boots! OK, maybe not the best plan, but I've been wanting some for a while and what better reason than this to purchase them??? So, after layering up and heading out, I stop by Target to check out these rain boots. As luck would have it, there were none in my size...all 9s and 10s. It was a sad day. However, as I was exiting the shoe section, I saw fleece pullovers on clearance! SCORE!!!!! I promptly found a pink fleece and dashed to the checkout lane. Now, I was ready to hit the snow!

When we make it to Stone Mountain, the sun had set and it was getting colder...nearing 20 degrees. Thankfully, one of my friends brought extra ski gear and had some waterproof pants I could put over my jeans! Yeah so they didn't go with the out fit, but when I describe to you how I looked, you will see why I suddenly didn't care. As we sat there preparing to hit the snow, I realized that I needed to add another layer to the upper body. Here is how it went: cami, thermal, longsleeved BonJovi tee, pink fleece (the one I just purchased at Target), GAP hoodie, cream ski jacket, cream coat, cream scarf, the earwarmers, and hat. Picture all of this on one girl...that's all I'm sayin'! Once the coat was on, you couldn't see anything I had on under it!

I felt like, "fat man in a little coat." NO LIE!!!! I wasn't cold, though! The snow tubing was great and I was very thankful for all layers, even if they didn't all coordinate with my original outfit!