![\"tupelo](\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/i-heart-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2017\/03\/tupelo20snow.jpg\")
<\/p>\nProbably
\nmy biggest worry since coming to Upstate New York has been how to prepare for
\nwinter. Moving from Tupelo, Mississippi
\n(where it is practically 100\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00b0+ year round) we know we are going to be in for a
\nshock when we experience our first “real” winter this year. During winter of 2009, Tupelo got hit with a
\nwhopping .25″ of snow. That ‘blanket’
\nshut down the entire northern part of the state and you couldn’t find bread,
\nmilk or eggs at the ransacked Wal-Mart to save your life.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
Tupelo, MS: Serious Southern Snowfall!<\/b><\/p>\n
Living
\nin the South, we’ve never had a need for a snow shovel, snow boots or even a
\nheavy coat. Gloves and scarfs are just
\ncute little accessories that you don’t really need. I’ve never even seen a snowmobile before we
\ncame up here. When our apartment lease
\noffered free snow removal, we had to ask what that meant. So when we made our first little recon trip to
\nAlbany in early March, we were amazed at the snow piles…they were taller than
\nwe were!<\/p>\n
\n![\"heather](\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/i-heart-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2010\/10\/heather20snow.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Albany, NY: The most snow I’ve ever seen!<\/b><\/p>\n
Wikipedia
\nalleges that the Capital Region gets more than 60″ of snow annually and that often
\ntemperatures will drop below 0 \u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00b0F at night. Apparently, Albany is close
\nenough to the Atlantic coast to get hit with heavy snow from Nor’easters and the
\narea occasionally receives Alberta clippers (and yes, I had to look up what
\nthat was). Fan-freakin-tastic!<\/p>\n
This
\nyear, our Christmas wish list is suddenly sporting wool socks and long
\njohns. However, we can’t wait for Ole Saint
\nNick to deliver winter warmness and realized there were some things we were
\ngonna’ have to score on our own. Sadly,
\nneither me nor my husband owned a ‘real’ winter coat! We have plenty of jackets but nothing in the ‘fight
\nfrostbite’ caliber. The last few weeks
\nhave been research ridden! Learning
\nabout the latest in clothing technology, we knew to look for something waterproof,
\nlined, hooded, able to withstand “arctic” temperatures and cute (if
\nit wasn’t too much trouble). Easier said
\nthan done!<\/p>\n
Even after
\nimmersing ourselves in product reviews and trying on every jacket in Saratoga
\nCounty we still came up short. It wasn’t
\nuntil we came across the Spyder outlet store at the Woodbury Common Premium
\nOutlet Mall that we found what we were looking for. (BTW-that outlet mall was insane!) And we figured if it was good enough for the
\nU.S. Olympic Ski Team, then it would work for us.<\/p>\n
\n![\"CIMG9946.JPG\"](\"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/i-heart-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2010\/10\/cimg9946.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
Officially Winterized!<\/b><\/p>\n
Our new
\nduds may just be one small step towards surviving the Yankee cold. If we freeze
\nto death this winter, at least we’ll look<\/i> <\/i>like we
\ntried. Now we just gotta find some winter-appropriate shoes….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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