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For some time now I've known I would be going to Green Bay, WI for an extended weekend of drunken debauchery with a bunch of online friends. Green Bay, WI is cold, people. Dang cold. I knew this going into it. Weetabix warned me. She gave me a list of items to wear/bring. I had plenty of time to gather the necessary items, and for the most part I have: I have a good winter coat, gloves, earmuffs, and my faux-Uggs. Sure I don't have long underwear or boiled wool socks, but seriously? Do I really need those things? How bad can it be? Exactly how much time will I be spending outside anyway? I'm only going to be there a few days, and with the exception of the sleigh ride Friday night, I'll probably be spending most of my time indoors. In crowded bars/restaurants/hotel lobbies. With dozens of other people. Yeah. I'll be fine. Besides, I can always just buy anything I need, right?

Okay, here's where I get stupid: For several months now I've been sitting on the other side of the cubicle partition from RenoGirl, who recently moved here from Nevada (hence her new nickname). Moved from Nevada being the relevant part, there, in case you missed it. She just moved here. From Nevada. Where it gets cold. And snows. A lot. Where a person needs long underwear and boiled wool socks. RenoGirl stopped by my cube at 8:30 this morning to squee excitedly with me about my trip to the Frozen Tundra, and to ask did I have everything, and blah, blah, blah, when it suddenly occurred to us that she had just moved here from Nevada, and is therefore well stocked with warm winter wear.

*face slap* Gah! She totally could've hooked me up with long silk underwear and boiled wool socks, and other super warm stuff! Why didn't I think of this before? She sits right over there! I talk to her every day! I know she's from Reno! Gah! *sigh* It's too late now - I'm all packed. Maybe next time I'll use the brain God gave me, and go off on vacation better prepared.