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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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happymama58
True Blue Farmgirl
1210 Posts
Patti
Missouri
USA
1210 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 23 2008 : 12:35:49 PM
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I have a nice, long wool coat that is a classic style that I've had for ages; a Carhart I bought when we moved to the country, that I cannot live without; and a short coat that I wear with jeans and pants. So in a nutshell -- 3.
I had one more, I think, but I gave it away. I hate coats and only wear them when I know I'll be outside for an extended time. My dh, on the other hand, likes coats and has quite a few more than I do.
I also have a pair of insulated coveralls that I got, tags still on them, from the thrift store 2 years ago for $2 or $3, I forget which. I'm still proud of that find 
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Edited by - happymama58 on Nov 23 2008 12:36:15 PM |
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Nov 23 2008 : 12:51:31 PM
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I have one lovely long classic winter coat, it indeed never goes out of fashion and I love wearing it. It is black (yikes) but I wear bright scarves to make it nicer.
Also have a cute bomber that is white.
And another one that is some ugly green!! I hate green but last year it was the only one in my price range, lol. It is warm, but the zipper is broken. Costs too much to get a new one in, so bought the cute white bomber for a fraction of the new zipper price.
I am always cold so wear nice scarves with my coats. To brighten the dark color (black) or just to add color and warmth to the white one. It is a REAL white one, not off white nope bright white, lol
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4737 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Nov 23 2008 : 2:40:01 PM
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I have a blue winter coat for hiking & shoveling snow. That's it! I desperately need a nice winter coat, but they haven't come down in price, so I will make do with my 8 year old blue one.
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Nov 23 2008 : 5:00:31 PM
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I am a sweater person. But did buy a nice coat at the thrift store for $12.00. I have worn it once so far. I will be wearing it a lot more because it's FREEZING here! I am ready for spring already. I am shivering right now.
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Nov 23 2008 : 5:12:42 PM
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I love coats, and that's a good thing because up here in Western New York we spend a lot of time wearing them. I've got a rain jacket/windbreaker type thing that I wear (with lots of layers) for hiking and cross country skiiing in all weather. And I've got 3 dress coats now.
These days I'm wearing a coat that I bought at a thrift store in PA when I was visiting friends for Thanksgiving in 2004. It's long and sort of a cloak style, bright red with fake leopard fur collar and cuffs. Very much an old lady coat - literally. A year after I got it, I went to a surprise 80th birthday party for my grandma. Her best friend walked in wearing MY coat.
I've also got a short black wool jacket that I bought at another thrift store, and that's been my everyday coat for the past two winters.
And I may try out a third coat that I picked up at a garage sale this summer. It's a more trendy style (probably only a year or two old), but it's also made from cheaper material so I don't know how warm it's going to be.
I was hoping to buy a brand new, really nice winter coat this fall, but now that I'm going to be losing my job I decided to "recycle" the older ones for another year. That's ok, I think thrift stores are a great place to get coats. There are so many classic styles that never go out of fashion, and the quality of the materials and the workmanship on older coats is so high that they really hold up.
Plus I think it's kind of funny that I pay more to get my coats dry cleaned once a year than I did for the coats themselves. |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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kmbrown
True Blue Farmgirl
459 Posts
Misty
Waynesboro
Pennsylvania
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - Nov 23 2008 : 7:06:08 PM
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| Me too Alee. I have one winter coat and its kinda annoying because I wear it all week to feed goats and then I have to wash it so I don't smell like a barn...or worse bucks... when I walk into church. I'm gonna have to look for an old coat to use around here!!! |
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Mother Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Cindy
Peck
ID
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Nov 23 2008 : 7:55:35 PM
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I guess I have 3 main coats for winter (not counting my rain coat), I have my carhartt for chores and everyday use, then I have a nice car coat my grandmother gave me, but my best deal was my ankle length black wool coat I found at a Salvation Army store in Illinois for $8.00. When I had admired the coat a couple years before in the high end stores in Chicago they went for $150-$200. I guess biding my time really does payoff.
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