Just One of the Few Awesome Ideas I Had This Week

It's finally summer in San Diego.  But the ocean is still frigid.  I hate wearing my fullsuit -- too hard to get in and out of without flashing everyone.  And the sun's hot enough to where you really only need something to keep your legs warm.  Duh:  neoprene legwarmers!  Sure, your feet will be cold, but you will look so cute!  Granted, they could only be worn on small longboard days, or else you'd have to worry about them coming off.  Getting them to slouch just-so would be a challenge, but it's doable.

As a child of the '80s, whose parents made her walk to school during blizzards, I often wore leg warmers when I wanted to wear my favorite outfit (lavendar ruffled miniskirt with matching pink unicorn sweatshirt).  Stupid Ohio winters/lazy parents weren't about to keep me from looking cute.  I had pink ones.  They were so hot, and I couldn't wait to be cast in Fame as the talented seven-year-old ballerina that guest star Ralph Macchio would fall for. 

My sister had rainbow ones which I hated because they were too thick and went up too high.  But when it was really cold, my mom would make me wear my sister's.  Uhm, why don't you just freaking drive me to school instead, Mom???  I would also like some thigh-high UGGS for the winter.  Another company came out with over-the-knee shearling boots, but they don't go up high enough.  And before you think I'm lazy and wonder why I can't put on sweat pants, you should know that putting on pants of any kind is too hard when your hands are frozen and you are too numb to dry off, so that you can never get your pants pulled up over your wet butt even though your butt is rather flat.  I'm pretty sure worrying about the winter in the middle of August is just another drawback of trying to live with cryophobia.  Don't worry, I'll be strong for you guys!